Millville, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Cleveland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71720. The Survey maps it on the Eagle Mills 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.
- 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
- 1973 USGS Eagle Mills quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Bearden quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
191 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Millville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,305 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 62 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 | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Millville: 26 past producers, 6 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bearden-Holly Springs Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Eagle Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fairchild Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Millville Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Millville in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Millville | $50,000 | This tornado continued from Calhoun County. Several trees were uprooted, along with several limbs snapped off. Within the town of Beardon, some windows were blown out and roof damage was observed at a few downtown businesses. Some metal was blown off a church. One large tree was blown over onto a home. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salem | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Bearden | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Bests (historical) | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Eagle Mills | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Shumaker | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Onalaska (historical) | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Lilley (historical) | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Vanduzer | 7.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57121. 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.








