Moorefield, Arkansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Moorefield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72501. It stands on Moorefield Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sulphur Rock quadrangle. 126 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 312 feet above sea level.
On record in Moorefield
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 1 record
Moorefield Schoollisted 1992
Population over time
3 figuresMoorefield fell from 160 to 126 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 160 | |
| 2010 | 137 | -23 (-14%) |
| 2020 | 126 | -11 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 20 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.
- 1890 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Sulphur Rock quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Sulphur Rock quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Sulphur Rock quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
37 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Moorefield between 1998 and 2018, burning about 251 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 April 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 April 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Moorefield: 12 producers, 12 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batesville | Platinum, Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | Unknown | |
| Stone Products Corp | Marble, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Texas Lime Co Plant | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Texas Line Co Pit | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Arkansas Lime Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Batesville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sheid Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | Limestone | |
| Unk | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Stone | Unknown |
Storms near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moorefield in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2019: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2009 | Flash Flood | Moorefield | $75,000 | Street flooding was reported in Batesville. Water was up to the door handles on cars. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moorefield | $15,000 | Trees were uprooted in the area. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moorefield | - | Some trees were blown down and some homes were damaged. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Moorefield | - | Arkansas Highway 233 was closed between Arkansas Highways 25 and 69. Arkansas Highway 69 also experienced flooding east of Batesville. Six people were rescued from vehicles in high water. |
| April 1996 | Hail | Moorefield | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balch Addition | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Quail Valley | 1.3 miles | 20 | |
| Wolford Addition | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Rogers Addition | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Eastwood Addition | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| College Heights Addition | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Gainsboro | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Bryant Woodland Heights | 2.9 miles | 20 |
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 Moorefield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2363138 | 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 52170. 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.







