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Evansville, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in Vineyard Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72729. The Survey maps it on the Evansville quadrangle. 102 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,122 feet above sea level.

Evansville within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

488 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 488 fires within 5 miles of Evansville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,421 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 294 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism294
Missing data/not specified/undetermined91
Debris and open burning60
Natural18
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30470
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
8 September 1998Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsJACKRABBIT
5 September 2000Natural8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use20 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Evansville: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

7 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Evansville in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 3 tornado, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Tornado (EF2)Evansville$75,000This is the second segment of a two-segment tornado. The tornado moved into Washington County just north of the Washington/Crawford County line, and moved east-northeast. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted, and outbuildings were destroyed as it crossed Highway 59, Dobbs Mountain Road, and Odell Road. The tornado dissipated east of Odell Road. A tornadic debris signature was detected by the KSRX WSR-88D with this tornado. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 110 to 120 mph.
April 2008Tornado (EF2)Evansville$75,000The strong tornado that began 5.5 miles east-southeast of Stillwell in Adair County Oklahoma moved into Washington County. The tornado destroyed a mobile home, destroyed a barn, rolled a vehicle, caused extensive tree damage, and snapped power poles.
April 1995Tornado (F0)Evansville$50,000no account filed
November 2018Thunderstorm WindEvansville$10,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roofs of poultry houses and blew down trees in Evansville.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindEvansville-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees.
July 2003HailEvansville-no account filed
August 2001HailEvansville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Tolu1.3 miles15
Odell4.5 miles15
Morrow5.4 miles15
Dutch Mills5.5 miles15
Skylight6.3 miles15
Floss7.2 miles16
Clyde8.2 miles15
Sexton (historical)8.3 miles17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on EvansvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5416011The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76889. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.