Fairbanks, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Cadron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72013. It lies near Phillips Hill. The Survey maps it on the Morganton quadrangle. It stands 869 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Bee Branch quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Morganton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Conway quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Morganton quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
40 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Fairbanks between 1997 and 2019, burning about 502 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 July 2006 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Fairbanks: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairbanks in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Fairbanks | $30,000 | An EF1 tornado snapped off or uprooted dozens of trees, tore part of the porch roof off a mobile home, overturned a travel trailer, and caused minor damage to a house and a vacant mobile home. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairbanks | $25,000 | A large barn was destroyed, with debris being blown across a field. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Fairbanks | - | Numerous locations along Arkansas Highway 124 were underwater and impassable between Damascus and Quitman. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Fairbanks | - | Golf ball size hail fell west of Quitman, near the Van Buren/Cleburne County line. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Fairbanks | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sulphur Springs | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Morganton | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Gravesville | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Southside | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Choctaw Pines | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Bee Branch | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| East Mountain (historical) | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Chalk (historical) | 6.8 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q106400402 | The 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 57007. 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.








