Red Bluff, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 9. It lies in ZIP code area 71822. It sits by Red Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Red Bluff quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1950 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 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
- 1986 USGS Hope quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
41 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Red Bluff between 1997 and 2017, burning about 853 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 13 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 | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 124 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | RED BLUFF |
| 8 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Red Bluff: 1 past producer. 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 |
Storms near this place
10 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Bluff in 10 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Bluff | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees. |
| November 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Bluff | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees. |
| May 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Red Bluff | $2,000 | An EF-0 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 70 mph very briefly touched down at a residence off of LR-239 in extreme Southeast Little River County. This tornado partially damaged the roof of a single family home and downed multiple large tree branches before lifting. |
| October 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Bluff | $500 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Bluff | - | Trees were downed on CR. 35 in the Red Bluff community. |
| December 2009 | Flash Flood | Red Bluff | - | An underpass on Hwy. 355 in Fulton, Arkansas was flooded and closed. Hwy. 71 was blocked due to high water as well. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Red Bluff | - | Hwy 355 near Fulton, Arkansas was closed due to excessive heavy rainfall. |
| November 1993 | Hail | Red Bluff | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees. |
| October 1993 | Hail | Red Bluff | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Red Bluff | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78140. 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.







