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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.

Red Bluff within Little River County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

41 since 1997

Regional 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/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism13
Debris and open burning7
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2011Arson/incendiarism124 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionRED BLUFF
8 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2011Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Little River County

Storms near this place

10 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 1993Thunderstorm WindRed Bluff$5,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees.
November 1993Thunderstorm WindRed Bluff$5,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees.
May 2020Tornado (EF0)Red Bluff$2,000An 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 1994Thunderstorm WindRed Bluff$500Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindRed Bluff-Trees were downed on CR. 35 in the Red Bluff community.
December 2009Flash FloodRed Bluff-An underpass on Hwy. 355 in Fulton, Arkansas was flooded and closed. Hwy. 71 was blocked due to high water as well.
May 2009Flash FloodRed Bluff-Hwy 355 near Fulton, Arkansas was closed due to excessive heavy rainfall.
November 1993HailRed Bluff-Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees.
October 1993HailRed Bluff-Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees.
April 1994HailRed Bluff-no account filed

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
Cole1.5 miles15
Orton1.8 miles15
Millwood2.2 miles15
Fomby3.5 miles11
Long3.7 miles11
Temple4.7 miles17
Yarborough Landing6.1 miles11
Ogden6.3 miles13

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.