BlockMarvinville, Arkansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Riley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72842. It stands on Truett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Havana quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1879 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:62500
- 1887 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Magazine Mountain #4 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Havana quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Marvinville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 627 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 32 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 | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | CEDAR CREEK |
| 4 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Ouachita National Forest | KIRKWOOD |
| 30 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 26 acres | Ouachita National Forest | SOUTH BLUE HOLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marvinville in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2026: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marvinville | $70,000 | A shop building was badly damaged, a carport was destroyed, a mobile home and shed were blown off their foundations, two boats and their trailers were overturned, roofs were damaged, and trees, power lines, and a power pole were blown down just west of Havana. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marvinville | - | A tree fell onto a storm shelter in the town of Havana with no injuries reported within the storm shelter. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marvinville | - | A chicken house was damaged near Havana. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marvinville | - | Trees were blown down on State Hwy 309 near Havanna. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marvinville | - | Trees were down on Highway 27. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Havana | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| Walnut Grove | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Waveland | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Hickory Grove | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Riley Creek (historical) | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Belleville | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Crossroads | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Stafford | 6.9 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122558791 | 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 72564. 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.