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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.

Lacey within Drew County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

77 since 2001

Regional 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/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use19
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Drew County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
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 Drew County

Storms near this place

12 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2007Tornado (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 2007Thunderstorm WindLacey-Thunderstorm winds caused minor damage to a horse barn on Valley Junction Road.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindLacey-Trees down.
September 2005Tornado (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 1995HailLacey-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 1995HailLacey-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 1995HailLacey-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 2014HailLacey-no account filed
May 2006HailLacey-no account filed
May 1999HailLacey-no account filed
May 1998HailLacey-no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindLacey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Drew 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
Goose Hollow2.3 miles9
Beulah2.4 miles9
Ladelle2.9 miles9
Valley Junction2.9 miles9
Carpenter3.1 miles9
Youngstown3.6 miles9
Lewis3.7 miles9
Lone Sasafras (historical)4.2 miles9

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 LaceyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6468239The 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.