BlockJeffries, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Cache Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72021. The Survey maps it on the Clarendon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 16 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.
- 1935 USGS Clarendon quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Clarendon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Clarendon quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Clarendon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Clarendon quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Jeffries between 1993 and 2015, burning about 157 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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/incendiarism | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge | RED CAT ROAD |
| 28 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 June 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 26 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 March 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.3 acres | Central Arkansas Refuges Complex | DUNCAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jeffries in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2016: 4 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2014 | Flood | Jeffries | $10,000 | Heavy rainfall in December and early January kept the White River at Clarendon above flood stage through much of January. The river fell below flood stage during the morning hours of the 25th. |
| March 2016 | Flood | Jeffries | - | Flooding was noted at Clarendon on the White River. |
| April 2015 | Flood | Jeffries | - | Continued heavy rainfall kept the White River at Clarendon above flood stage from March through all of April. This river remained above flood stage into May. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Jeffries | - | The White River at Clarendon rose above flood stage during the late morning hours of the 17th, remaining above flood stage into June. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenoir (historical) | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Dobbs Landing | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Clarendon | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Keevil | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Park Grove | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Allendale | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Burma (historical) | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| Bayless | 7.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 59280. 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.