Redfern, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72335. It stands on Hinton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Haynes quadrangle.

Redfern within St. Francis County

On record in Redfern

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Highway A-1. Forrest City Segmentlisted 2026 · 0.2 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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.

1940 USGS Marianna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Marianna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Haynes quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Helena quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Helena quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

31 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Redfern between 1998 and 2016, burning about 302 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning	16
Arson/incendiarism	9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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
28 September 1998	Debris and open burning	63 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 July 1998	Arson/incendiarism	29 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
25 July 2003	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 April 2005	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 March 2006	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
29 March 2006	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
25 March 2003	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Francis County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Redfern: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Colvins Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Forrest City Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in St. Francis 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Becks	1.0 miles	16
Longino	2.0 miles	16
Monica	2.6 miles	16
Forrest City	2.6 miles	12
Mount Vernon (historical)	3.3 miles	12
Rosine	3.5 miles	12
Bonair	3.8 miles	16
Palestine	3.8 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 83258. 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.