Poughkeepsie, Arkansas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1983. It stands in North Big Rock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72569. It stands on Runnels Branch. The Survey maps it on the Poughkeepsie quadrangle. It stands 456 feet above sea level.
On record in Poughkeepsie
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 2 records
Poughkeepsie School Buildinglisted 1992- Little Springs Missionary Baptist Churchlisted 2016
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Cherokee Village quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
75 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Poughkeepsie between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,456 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Poughkeepsie: 5 unknowns, 4 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fugate Hollow | Zinc, Dolomite | Prospect | ||
| Unk | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Lawrence Stone Property | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unk | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Iron | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Poughkeepsie in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2018: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poughkeepsie | $225,000 | Roofs were peeled off houses and sheds. A chicken house suffered major damage. Several sheds were lifted off their foundations and thrown into fences. Power poles were snapped in half and trees were uprooted. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Poughkeepsie | $1,000 | Several low water crossings flooded, and minor street flooding occurred. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poughkeepsie | - | Trees were down and limbs were snapped. A few power pole cross arms were broken. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poughkeepsie | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down some large tree limbs. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poughkeepsie | - | Some trees were blown down. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poughkeepsie | - | Some trees were blown down. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Poughkeepsie | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Poughkeepsie | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Poughkeepsie | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poughkeepsie | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Poughkeepsie | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reed (historical) | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Nelsonville | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Bridgeport (historical) | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Balboa (historical) | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Amateur (historical) | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Center | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Calamine | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Evening Shade | 7.4 miles | 8 |
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 Poughkeepsie | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7235482 | 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 78088. 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.




