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Jesup, Arkansas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Jesup Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72469. It stands on South Big Creek. The Survey maps it on the Smithville quadrangle.

Jesup within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

60 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Jesup between 1997 and 2018, burning about 986 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 25 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/incendiarism25
Debris and open burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2014Arson/incendiarism14 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionSHA27996771
24 August 2012Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2001Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Jesup: 14 past producers, 9 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Zinc, Lead, 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
Bruce FarmLead, Silver, ZincOccurrence
Fugate HollowZinc, DolomiteProspect
UnkStoneUnknown
CalamineLead, ZincPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkLead, ZincPast Producer
UnkZinc, LeadPast Producer
UnkZinc, LeadPast Producer
UnkZinc, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this place

5 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jesup in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 4 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 1996Tornado (F1)Jesup$100,000no account filed
April 2017Flash FloodJesup$5,000Flooding on County roads 273 and 280 near the small town of Lynn.
January 2025Flash FloodJesup-The intersection of Arkansas Highway 115 and Arkansas Highway 117 was closed due to high water.
January 2020Flash FloodJesup-ARDOT reported Hwy 115 near Jessup was closed due to high water. Time was estimated from radar.
January 2013Flash FloodJesup-Heavy rain fell in Jesup and the intersection of Highway 117 and Highway 115 was closed due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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
Strawberry3.5 miles11
Lynn4.5 miles9
Smithville4.7 miles9
Driftwood5.5 miles11
Eaton6.6 miles13
Saffell7.1 miles11
Denton8.7 miles13
Old Martin Mill Place9.0 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57992. 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.