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Fairview, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Lafayette Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71701. It stands on Chaffie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Camden quadrangle.

Fairview within Ouachita County

On record in Fairview

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

172 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 172 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 1997 and 2020, burning about 527 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 43 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
Debris and open burning62
Arson/incendiarism43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Equipment and vehicle use13
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
6 September 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Smoking3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ouachita 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 Fairview: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
CamdenSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
GarnerSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ouchita County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Standard Gravel Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerbedded

Every working recorded in Ouachita County

Storms near this place

4 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairview in 4 storm reports in 2023: 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
July 2023Thunderstorm WindFairview-Numerous trees downed just west of the community of Fairview.
January 2023FloodFairview-A report was received from mPING of river or creek overflowing, or cropland, yard or basement flooding.
January 2023FloodFairview-A report was received from mPING of river or creek overflowing, or cropland, yard or basement flooding.
June 2023HailFairview-Quarter sized hail fell near Camden.

Every storm recorded in Ouachita 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
Cullendale0.8 miles17
Herbert1.0 miles17
Rendezvous1.9 miles17
Camden3.3 miles17
Elliott5.5 miles16
Frenchport5.5 miles16
Lakeside6.0 miles16
Kent6.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 48964. 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.