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Fairfield, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Victoria Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71601. The Survey maps it on the Ladd quadrangle.

Fairfield within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

12 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Fairfield between 2001 and 2019, burning about 90 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined5
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2004Arson/incendiarism40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2004Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2010Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2005Debris and open burning25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 December 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 Fairfield: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Vermiculite. 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
Port PlantVermiculiteProducer
Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sandhog DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairfield in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 2 hail, 1 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
October 2009Thunderstorm WindFairfield$250,000A large metal, industrial building suffered considerable damage.
June 2023HailFairfield-Quarter sized hail fell in Fairfield via mPING.
June 2023HailFairfield-Penny sized hail fell at Fairfield.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Atkins Lake0.8 miles16
Lamberts (historical)1.2 miles16
Glenlake1.4 miles16
Cottondale2.9 miles15
Madding3.4 miles15
Noble Lake3.5 miles15
Wilkins3.7 miles13
Lake Dick4.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57008. 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.