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Figure Five, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in District 2. It lies in ZIP code area 72952. The Survey maps it on the Rudy quadrangle. It stands 915 feet above sea level.

Figure Five within Crawford County

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

111 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Figure Five between 1997 and 2020, burning about 464 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 burning49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism11
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking4
Natural1

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsBRAWNER LOOP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Figure Five: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Crawford County

Storms near this place

23 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Figure Five in 23 storm reports between 2002 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2007Tornado (EF1)Figure Five$75,000A tornado damaged several homes, destroyed a boat storage building and blew down a number of trees.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindFigure Five$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines and several trees northwest of Figure Five.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindFigure Five$1,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down power lines.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindFigure Five-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto Richmond Road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindFigure Five-Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindFigure Five-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees onto Old Uniontown Road.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindFigure Five-A storm spotter measured 85 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. Trees were uprooted and numerous large tree limbs were snapped as a result of the strong wind.
June 2022Flash FloodFigure Five-Portions of Old Uniontown Road were flooded.
June 2022Flash FloodFigure Five-Portions of Fayetteville Road were flooded.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindFigure Five-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph.
June 2019Flash FloodFigure Five-Portions of Sandstone Drive were flooded.
April 2017FloodFigure Five-Lee Creek near Van Buren rose above its flood stage of 401 feet at 2:15 am CDT on April 30th. The river crested at 406.6 feet at 7:30 am CDT on the 30th, resulting in major flooding. Tailwater Park, campgrounds, and Rena Road were inundated by high water. The river fell below flood stage at 2:45 pm CDT on the 30th.
May 2015FloodFigure Five-Lee Creek near Van Buren rose above its flood stage of 401 feet at 7:00 pm CDT on May 9th. The river crested at 405.0 feet at 7:45 am CDT on the 10th, resulting in moderate flooding. Tailwater Park was inundated by flooding. Residences were flooded and Rena road was inundated by high water. Monetary damage estimates from the flood were unavailable. The river fell below flood stage at 6:15 pm CDT on the 11th.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindFigure Five-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a tree down.
August 2025HailFigure Five-no account filed
February 2023HailFigure Five-no account filed
March 2018HailFigure Five-no account filed
April 2009Thunderstorm WindFigure Five-no account filed
September 2009HailFigure Five-no account filed
March 2008HailFigure Five-no account filed
April 2005HailFigure Five-no account filed
March 2004Thunderstorm WindFigure Five-no account filed
May 2003HailFigure Five-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Crawford 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
Rena2.1 miles28
Dripping Springs2.6 miles16
Furry3.7 miles28
Cedarville3.7 miles17
Rudy4.5 miles17
Ball4.6 miles17
Smeltzer4.7 miles28
Hobbtown4.8 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 Figure FiveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5448012The 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 71611. 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.