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Manfred, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Caddo Gap Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71935. It stands on Hyatt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Norman quadrangle.

Manfred within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

50 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Manfred between 1995 and 2020, burning about 353 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 15 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/incendiarism15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Natural10
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresOuachita National ForestVAUGHT MTN.
3 September 2012Natural16 acresOuachita National ForestLABOR DAY
25 September 2001Arson/incendiarism13 acresOuachita National ForestSMITH MOUNTAIN
23 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresOuachita National ForestCRYSTAL PARK
8 August 2011Natural63 acresOuachita National ForestFODDERSTACK
5 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Manfred: 10 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, Slate, Dimension, 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
Donaghey PropertySilverUnknown
Hawkins DepositIronUnknown
UnknownSlate, DimensionUnknown
UnknownSilicaUnknown
UnknownLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Wegner Quartz CrystalsQuartzProducer1986
Bird & Son, Inc #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Bird & Son, Inc #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Glenwood Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manfred in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 2 flash flood. 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
April 2011Flash FloodManfred$5,000A state trooper observed water across Arkansas Highway 8 in three places near Caddo Gap. Water was about to enter a house.
April 2025Flash FloodManfred-Multiple bridges were flooded along with numerous low water crossing that were impassable due to high water near the town of Manfred.

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Caddo Gap1.6 miles16
Ophir3.0 miles16
Norman3.7 miles16
Hopper4.0 miles17
Black Springs5.0 miles16
Hickory Station (historical)5.7 miles16
Plata6.2 miles16
Owley7.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 72546. 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.