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Funston, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Cypress Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72173. It stands on Middle Fork Cypress Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Vilonia quadrangle.

Funston within Faulkner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

65 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Funston between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,287 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 burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2

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
7 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2004Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Faulkner County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Funston: 7 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Beryl Pit & PlantSilicaPast Producer
Morris FarmLeadUnknown
Mrs. Arthur Palmer FarmSandstone, DimensionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Faulkner County

Storms near this place

9 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Funston in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2017LightningFunston1 hurtA 38 year old male was struck by lightning when he ran out to grab a hammock.
February 2008Tornado (EF1)Funston$100,000Trees and power lines were blown down, a barn was destroyed, and part of an old chicken house collapsed. The tornado continued into White County, in the area southwest of El Paso.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindFunston$75,000Trees were blown down, with one of the trees falling on a house. Shingles were blown off another house. A barn roof was blown off.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindFunston$10,000A porch and metal roof were damaged, and trees were downed.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindFunston-A tree was blown down across Stanley Road east of Vilonia.
February 2023Flash FloodFunston-Brown Rd. was completely underwater near Vilonia.
November 2015Flash FloodFunston-Streets were flooding in Vilonia.
June 2009Funnel CloudFunston-A funnel cloud occurred in the area.
March 2017HailFunston-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Faulkner 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
Duncans Gap (historical)0.9 miles11
Otto1.9 miles11
Vilonia2.1 miles11
Center Point3.5 miles11
Beryl4.3 miles12
Hamlet6.4 miles12
Naylor7.0 miles10
Saltillo7.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57780. 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.