Lufra, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71764. It stands on Hale Creek. The Survey maps it on the Camden SW quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lufra within Ouachita County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

1903 USGS Camden quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Camden SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000
1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

154 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Lufra (historical) between 1999 and 2020, burning about 770 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 41 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	43
Arson/incendiarism	41
Debris and open burning	34
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Natural	10
Railroad operations and maintenance	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Smoking	2
Recreation and ceremony	2

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 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2006	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2015	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ouachita 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Spring Hill	2.1 miles	16
Buena Vista	3.6 miles	15
Ogemaw	4.9 miles	14
Troy	5.3 miles	16
Lester Junction	7.4 miles	15
Fairview	8.3 miles	17
Herbert	8.4 miles	17
Good Hope	8.6 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64399. 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.