Lacey, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Veasey Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71655. It stands on Jumper Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ladelle quadrangle. 139 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 210 feet above sea level.
On record in Lacey
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Veasey-DeArmond Houselisted 1989
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Ladelle quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Crossett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
77 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Lacey between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,864 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Lacey: 9 past producers, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lacey in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2014: 7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Lacey | - | The tornado moved out of Bradley County and into Drew County about 9.6 miles west of Lacey. A number of trees were blown down. The tornado dissipated about 8 miles west-northwest of Lacey. |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacey | - | Thunderstorm winds caused minor damage to a horse barn on Valley Junction Road. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacey | - | Trees down. |
| September 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Lacey | - | A weak tornado was spawned in southwest Drew County. The tornado moved to the northwest around the remnants of Hurricane Rita. Estimated winds with the tornado were about 75 mph, with minor damage noted. The tornado snapped trees, and removed a television antenna and an electric meter from a house. The tornado was on the ground almost 5 miles before dissipating. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Lacey | - | Hail up to two inches in diameter fell across the southwest part of Drew County. The hail fell for more than an hour and caused extensive damage to the tomato crop. Crop damage was estimated at around $1,000,000. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Lacey | - | Hail up to two inches in diameter fell across the southwest part of Drew County. The hail fell for more than an hour and caused extensive damage to the tomato crop. Crop damage was estimated at around $1,000,000. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Lacey | - | Hail up to two inches in diameter fell across the southwest part of Drew County. The hail fell for more than an hour and caused extensive damage to the tomato crop. Crop damage was estimated at around $1,000,000. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Lacey | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Lacey | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Lacey | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Lacey | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacey | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goose Hollow | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Beulah | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Ladelle | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Valley Junction | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Carpenter | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Youngstown | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Lewis | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Lone Sasafras (historical) | 4.2 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 Lacey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6468239 | 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 77426. 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.



