Pfeiffer, Arkansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Ashley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72501. It lies near Brewer Hill. The Survey maps it on the Sulphur Rock quadrangle. It stands 390 feet above sea level.
On record in Pfeiffer
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
- Pfeiffer Houselisted 1989
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
95 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Pfeiffer between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,074 acres in total. None started naturally. 42 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/incendiarism | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| 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 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 81 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 81 workings within 5 miles of Pfeiffer: 45 past producers, 16 unknowns, 10 producers, 7 prospects. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Limestone, General, Phosphorus-Phosphates, 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 | ||
| Unk | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Arkansas Lime Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Batesville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sheid Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | Limestone | |
| Hickory Valley | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Unknown |
Storms near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pfeiffer in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 6 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pfeiffer | $5,000 | A tree and power line fell and blocked U.S. 167. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Pfeiffer | - | AR-IN-22 CoCoRaHS Gauge measured 5.55 inches of total rainfall over a 24 hour period. Multiple roadways were flooded in the town of Batesville and within Independence county, including a car that was observed overtaken by flood waters and began to float down the street. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Pfeiffer | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Pfeiffer | - | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Hail | Pfeiffer | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Pfeiffer | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Pfeiffer | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Pfeiffer | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Gainsboro | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Rogers Addition | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Balch Addition | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Blowing Cave (historical) | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Moorefield | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| College Heights Addition | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Wolford Addition | 4.2 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 Pfeiffer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7179780 | 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 58353. 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.







