Floyd, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Cadron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72143. It stands on Sappington Branch. The Survey maps it on the Floyd quadrangle. 377 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 358 feet above sea level.
On record in Floyd
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 3 records
Floyd Cotton Ginlisted 1992
L. D. Hutchinson Houselisted 1992- Ackins Houselisted 1992
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Floyd quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Floyd quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
55 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Floyd between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,078 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 14 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 burning | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Floyd: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dugout Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Floyd in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 deaths and 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1999 | Tornado (F2) | Floyd | 2 killed, 2 hurt | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Floyd | $25,000 | Trees were blown down and there was roof damage to a few structures. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Floyd | $10,000 | Beebe-Capps Expressway was partially flooded on the outside lanes. Arkansas Highway 367 south of Searcy had waster over the road in several places. Arkansas Highway 36 west of Searcy had water over it in several places. Lake Barnett was flooded and several creeks in Searcy were out of their banks. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floyd | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on Arkansas 31. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floyd | - | Multiple trees were damaged and sheet metal panels were blown off a metal shop building near the community of Floyd. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Floyd | - | Hail up to quarter-size damaged roofs and broke windows at Floyd. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Floyd | - | no account filed |
| October 2002 | Hail | Floyd | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floyd | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise (historical) | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Brundige (historical) | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Harmony | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Gravel Hill | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Antioch | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Romance | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Hammondsville | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Essex | 6.4 miles | 10 |
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 Floyd | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5462367 | 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 81859. 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.




