Greenfield, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Greenfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72432. The Survey maps it on the Greenfield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1940 USGS Dee quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Dee quadrangle1:62500
- 1983 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Greenfield between 1998 and 2020, burning about 483 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1999 | Smoking | 13 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 26 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 April 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 March 1998 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Greenfield: 7 unknowns. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenfield in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2014: 5 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Greenfield | $122,000 | Crane Farm Road was flooded when water was flowing over the Big Creek bridge. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Greenfield | $30,000 | Heavy rain produced flash flooding near the Craighead/Poinsett County Line. Several homes had six inches of standing water inside them. |
| October 2007 | Flash Flood | Greenfield | $5,000 | Heavy rain produced flash flooding in Greenfield. Water came into a building at the Delta and Pineland Company. In addition, Highway 1 was flooded with water. |
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Greenfield | $1,000 | Heavy rain estimated between 4 and 4 1/2 inches fell in Greenfield overnight. The observer's driveway was flooded and impassable. |
| April 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Greenfield | $1,000 | A tornado briefly touched down in Greenfield knocking down a few trees. |
| July 1997 | Hail | Greenfield | $10 | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenfield | - | Straight line winds damaged the wall and roof of a metal building housing a discount store in northern portions of Harrisburg. Debris from the building broke windows in another building located to the immediate north. A tree approximately one quarter mile northeast of the building was snapped. Widespread trees were uprooted in Greenfield. There were also reports of minor roof damage in Greenfield. There were several trees and power lines knocked down further east in Truman. |
| December 2013 | Flash Flood | Greenfield | - | Heavy rain produced flash flooding in Northern Poinsett County. Senteney Road was flooded for nearly a mile long stretch. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaulett | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| Buffalolick (historical) | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Harrisburg | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Mulligan | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Walnut Grove Corner | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Whitaker | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Huskey | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Shady Grove | 6.5 miles | 9 |
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 Greenfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5603923 | 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 77071. 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.





