Pansy, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Harper Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71665. The Survey maps it on the Herbine quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 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
- 1970 USGS Herbine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
52 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Pansy between 2001 and 2020, burning about 292 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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 | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.3 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Pansy: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pansy in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2014: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pansy | $75,000 | A barn and a shop building were badly damaged. |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pansy | $75,000 | Dozens of large trees were blown down, one of which fell on a house. Shingles were torn off houses and tin was taken off the roofs of old chicken houses. Power lines were blown down. |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pansy | $35,000 | A large tree was blown down onto a house. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pansy | $2,000 | A tree fell across U.S. 63. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pansy | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some large tree limbs. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Pansy | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Pansy | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pansy | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pansy | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pansy | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Pansy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herbine | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Annover (historical) | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| McKinney (historical) | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Rowell | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Ripley (historical) | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Rye | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Scoby (historical) | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Calmer | 8.1 miles | 12 |
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 Pansy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18386478 | 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 57149. 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.






