Fox, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 4. It lies in ZIP code area 72051. It lies near Ives Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Fox quadrangle. 237 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,414 feet above sea level.
On record in Fox
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 1 record
- Bonds Houselisted 1992
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1892 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Fox quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
56 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Fox between 1998 and 2020, burning about 2,628 acres in total. None 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 burning | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 July 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 July 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 June 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 June 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fox in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 5 deaths and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1996 | Tornado (F4) | Fox | 5 killed, 5 hurt, $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fox | $100,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds destroyed a chicken house at Fox. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fox | - | A report from a truck driver driving along Hwy. 263 through Fox witnessed trees being blown down along the highway in the town of Fox. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fox | - | Trees were reported down. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fox | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down some large tree limbs. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Fox | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Fox | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Fox | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Fox | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fox | - | no account filed |
| October 1995 | Hail | Fox | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozart | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Lydalisk | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Rushing | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Turkey Creek | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Pekin (historical) | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Flag | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Timbo | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Arlberg | 6.3 miles | 16 |
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 Fox | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5476505 | 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 76969. 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.
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.








