Levesque, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Smith Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72396. It stands on Copperas Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wittsburg quadrangle. It stands 230 feet above sea level.
On record in Levesque
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 2 records
John H. Johnston Cotton Gin Historic Districtlisted 2005- Capt. Isaac N. Deadrick Houselisted 1993
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1940 USGS Whitmore quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Whitmore quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Whitmore quadrangle1:62500
- 1965 USGS Whitmore quadrangle1:62500
- 1984 USGS Wittsburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Memphis West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Levesque between 1998 and 2016, burning about 157 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | CRO3161712 |
| 3 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 56 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Levesque: 9 unknowns, 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Adkinsson Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Baskins Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bay Road Material Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Brawner | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cross County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kail Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Killough | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Levesque in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Levesque | $10,000 | Straight-line winds knocked down numerous trees blocking County Road 367. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budsmith (historical) | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Wittsburg | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| River Front | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Princedale | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Flag Lake Crossing | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Wynne | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Belknap (historical) | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Vanndale | 5.6 miles | 11 |
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 Levesque | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6535326 | 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 77480. 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.







