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Oxley, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Oxley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72645. It lies near Avery Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Oxley quadrangle.

Oxley within Searcy County

On record in Oxley

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

96 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Oxley between 1998 and 2020, burning about 5,091 acres in total. None started naturally. 49 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/incendiarism49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Debris and open burning15
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
8 September 2011Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2011Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2001Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2007Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2007Arson/incendiarism11 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Searcy County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Oxley: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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
UnkStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Searcy County

Storms near this place

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oxley in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2022Tornado (EF1)Oxley$30,000This tornado started in the southeast corner of Searcy county. The tornado uprooted several trees along its path, along with ripping roof panels off of a barn, and damaging others. It tracked northeast for 0.8 miles in Searcy county.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindOxley$20,000Widespread tree damage was reported in the area as well as damage to a few barns.
May 2024HailOxley-A report via mPING of dime-sized hail fell in Oxley.
June 2017FloodOxley-Heavy rain continued into June on the White River at Georgetown.
May 2017FloodOxley-Heavy rain from April caused flooding that continued into May on the White River at Georgetown.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindOxley-A large tree was blown down in front of a residence.
April 2022HailOxley-no account filed
June 2005HailOxley-no account filed
January 2002HailOxley-no account filed
February 2001Thunderstorm WindOxley-no account filed
July 1996HailOxley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Searcy 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
Campbell2.2 miles15
Elberta2.4 miles15
Thola3.4 miles15
Rumley4.7 miles15
Begley (historical)5.0 miles15
Noahs5.3 miles15
Leslie5.4 miles15
Shilo (historical)5.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58314. 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.