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Farmville, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 9. It lies in ZIP code area 71671. The Survey maps it on the Farmville quadrangle.

Farmville within Bradley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

87 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Farmville between 2001 and 2020, burning about 669 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined33
Debris and open burning26
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
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
4 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2015Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bradley County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Farmville: 16 producers. All of them 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
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Bradley County

Storms near this place

6 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farmville in 6 storm reports between 2004 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
April 2014Thunderstorm WindFarmville$500,000One chicken house collapsed and three others were damaged. Many hundreds of chickens were killed. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down, with some houses and outbuildings damaged by falling trees. A camping trailer tipped over against a power pole.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindFarmville-A large tree was blown down on Bradley County Road 34.
April 2006HailFarmville-Up to 2 inch hail fell in Bradley county from just north of Farmville to Warren. Hail covered the ground, broke windows and windshields and dented cars.
March 2008HailFarmville-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindFarmville-no account filed
March 2004Thunderstorm WindFarmville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bradley 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
Castleberry (historical)1.6 miles18
Craney1.8 miles13
Lanark4.1 miles12
Gin (historical)4.1 miles13
Greenville4.1 miles18
Sandtuck (historical)4.8 miles18
Hermitage4.9 miles18
Gravelridge5.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57011. 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.