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Jefferson, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72079. It stands on Smith Creek. The Survey maps it on the Redfield quadrangle.

Jefferson within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

113 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Jefferson between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,574 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 39 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
Arson/incendiarism39
Debris and open burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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 2006Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2015Debris and open burning4.1 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2004Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Jefferson: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jefferson County Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
McKenzie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

6 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jefferson in 6 storm reports between 1993 and 2007: 4 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2007HailJefferson-no account filed
July 2002HailJefferson-no account filed
November 2000Thunderstorm WindJefferson-no account filed
November 2000Thunderstorm WindJefferson-no account filed
April 1997HailJefferson-no account filed
January 1993HailJefferson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
English Place1.3 miles12
Kearney2.3 miles12
Eastwood2.4 miles14
Samples2.7 miles14
Redfield4.6 miles12
Dexter5.3 miles16
Midway5.9 miles14
Plain View6.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77370. 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.