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Peytonville, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1990. It stands in District 9. It lies in ZIP code area 71822. The Survey maps it on the Ashdown East quadrangle.

Peytonville within Little River County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

44 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Peytonville between 1997 and 2019, burning about 439 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning9
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2004Debris and open burning8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use49 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2011Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Little River County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Peytonville: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium. 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
UnkCalciumPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Little River County

Storms near this place

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peytonville in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2020: 2 tornado, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Peytonville$25,000The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey in Little River County Arkansas and concluded that the bulk of the storm damage was the result of a downburst and straight line winds. Howeverfurther investigation of the damage area southeast of Ashdown indicate damage from an EF1 tornado. The tornado touched down at around 8:10 AM, on the southeast side of Ashdown along Hwy 32. The tornado snapped and uprooted trees along CR 700 where a metal building with steel beam frame was completely destroyed. Tornado evidence is more conclusive east of this area where trees were uprooted and snapped along a convergent path. The tornado continued east south of hwy 32 snapping more trees and collapsing a carport. The tornado crossed CR 35 snapping a few trees before lifting. Maximum winds are estimated at 95-105 mph.
February 2020HailPeytonville-Two inch diameter hail fell and covered the ground on Jacks Isle Road at Millwood Lake.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPeytonville-Powerlines were downed on Jacks Isle Road and Hwy. 32 near Millwood Lake. northeast of Ashdown, Arkansas.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindPeytonville-Two trees were blown down on County Road 35.
April 2011HailPeytonville-Golfball sized hail was reported in the community of Fomby.
May 2009Tornado (EF0)Peytonville-Several trees were snapped and uprooted near Hwy 32 east of Ashdown in an open field. More trees were uprooted along Hwy 32 in the forest north of HWY 32 and finally near Jacks Isle Road at the end of the track. Maximum winds are estimated at 60-65 mph.

Every storm recorded in Little River 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
Jacks Isle2.0 miles11
Hicks3.0 miles11
Ashdown3.1 miles11
Long3.7 miles11
Yarborough Landing3.7 miles11
Fomby3.8 miles11
Rankin (historical)3.9 miles11
Wilton5.0 miles11

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.

Wikidata item Q122548929The 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 77983. 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.