Jersey, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 7. It lies in ZIP code area 71651. It stands on Jordan Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jersey quadrangle. It stands 161 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1934 USGS Moro Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1938 USGS Moro Bay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Moro Bay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Jersey quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
64 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Jersey between 2001 and 2019, burning about 533 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 16 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 | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2011 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Jersey: 1 producer. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrell Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jersey in 6 storm reports between 1993 and 2004: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jersey | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| April 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Jersey | - | A weak tornado briefly touched down in western Bradley County, just to the northwest of Jersey. A tree was blown down onto a house causing only minor roof damage. The only other damage noted along the tornado path were a number of downed tree limbs and some small trees blown down. |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jersey | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Jersey | - | no account filed |
| February 1996 | Hail | Jersey | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Jersey | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilo | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Gravelridge | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Pirlte (historical) | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Castleberry (historical) | 7.3 miles | 18 | |
| Hermitage | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Lanark | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Craney | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Marsden | 8.5 miles | 18 |
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 Jersey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6184737 | 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 57991. 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.









