Osage Mills, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Township 5. It lies in ZIP code area 72713. It stands on Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Centerton quadrangle.
On record in Osage Mills
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 4 records
Council Grove Methodist Churchlisted 1988
Osage Mills Damlisted 1988
Piercy Farmsteadlisted 1988
Rife Farmsteadlisted 1988
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1899 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1904 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Centerton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Osage Mills between 1999 and 2019, burning about 1,155 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 875 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | BUTLER CREEK |
| 12 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 July 2012 | Smoking | 23 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 March 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Osage Mills in 14 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Mills | - | The ASOS at the Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) measured 68 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Osage Mills | - | Portions of multiple roads were flooded and closed in and around Cave Springs. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Mills | - | The ASOS at the Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) measured thunderstorm wind gusts up to 66 mph. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Mills | - | The ASOS at the Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) measured 64 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Mills | - | The ASOS at the Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) measured 64 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Mills | - | The ASOS at the Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) measured 63 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| March 2020 | Flash Flood | Osage Mills | - | Portions of Mill Dam Road were closed due to flooding. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Mills | - | The ASOS at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) measured 59 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Mills | - | The ASOS at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) measured 63 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Mills | - | The ASOS at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (KXNA) measured 66 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Mills | - | The ASOS at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) measured 61 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Mills | - | The ASOS unit at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) measured 59 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Mills | - | The ASOS at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) measured 58 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage Mills | - | The ASOS at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) measured 82 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cannon (historical) | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Healing Springs | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Cave Springs | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Castleville (historical) | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Vaughn | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Rocky Comfort | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Mason Valley | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Hart (historical) | 4.1 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77927. 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.







