Lee Creek, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in District 1. It lies in ZIP code area 72934. It stands on Cove Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rudy NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1898 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Winslow #3 quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Rudy NE quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Stilwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
125 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Lee Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,077 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 91 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 | 91 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | DRIFTWOOD |
| 11 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 55 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | not named |
| 23 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | not named |
| 22 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | WHITE WATER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lee Creek in 1 storm report in 1996: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1996 | Hail | Lee Creek | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Dam | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Anna (historical) | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Rosedale (historical) | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Stop (historical) | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Davidson | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Barcelona | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| Cedarville | 7.8 miles | 17 | |
| Hobbtown | 7.8 miles | 17 |
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 Lee Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19605589 | 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 77468. 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.








