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Redfield, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Barraque Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72132. The Survey maps it on the Redfield quadrangle. 1,505 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 302 feet above sea level.

Redfield within Jefferson County

On record in Redfield

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 6 records

Population over time

3 figures

Redfield grew from 400 to 1,505 between 1890 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
1890400
20101,297
20201,505+208 (+16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

134 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Redfield between 1997 and 2018, burning about 1,694 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 48 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 burning51
Arson/incendiarism48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
29 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2004Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2015Debris and open burning4.1 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2010Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

53 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redfield in 53 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 24 thunderstorm wind, 19 hail, 6 flood, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2009FloodRedfield$750,000Flash flooding, which developed on the morning of the 24th, became widespread areal flooding later on the 24th and continued into Christmas morning. Many county roads were flooded. Pine Bluff had some flooded streets, especially Hazel St. from 40th Ave. to Interstate 530, and Old Warren Rd. A number of streets in White Hall were flooded.
December 2009Flash FloodRedfield$750,000Heavy rain resulted in the development of flash flooding on the morning of the 24th.
May 2011FloodRedfield$500,000Some of the camping areas along the Arkansas River were closed due to flooding.
April 2008FloodRedfield$300,000Minor flooding at the Pine Bluff stream gage on the Arkansas River occurred for three days. The crest in April was one foot higher than the March crest and may have been partially due to the high Mississippi River stages. Damages were primarily to agricultural lands, county roads, and a few houses in Island Harbour Subdivision near Pine Bluff. About four homes were flooded, twice as many as in March. Other property within the levee system, such as hunting and fishing camps, was also flooded.
December 2013Tornado (EF0)Redfield$100,000Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped, with power lines blown down in places. A few homes had roof damage. The corner of one roof was removed, with some damage inside the house. A trampoline and swing set were thrown aloft and wrapped around trees. Several sheds were destroyed.
April 2011FloodRedfield$100,000Widespread areal flooding occurred.
October 2009Flash FloodRedfield$25,000Flash flooding damaged some county roads.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindRedfield$10,000Trees were blown down.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindRedfield$5,000Power lines were blown down.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindRedfield$5,000Some trees were blown down.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindRedfield$3,000Trees were blown down along Interstate 530.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindRedfield$2,000Several trees were blown down.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindRedfield$500There were reports of numerous limbs and trees down in Redfield. We also had a report of a fence blown over on Highway 365.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRedfield-A trained storm spotter observed estimated wind gusts of 60 mph near Redfield.
June 2023HailRedfield-Quarter sized hail fell north of Redfield via mPING.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindRedfield-The amateur radio operator reported an estimated 60 mph wind gust.
February 2018FloodRedfield-All lanes of Highway 46 N at the 14000 block in Redfield are blocked due to high water.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindRedfield-An amateur radio operator estimated thunderstorm winds around 70 mph.
October 2009FloodRedfield-Flash flooding which began early on the 30th became widespread areal flooding later in the morning.
July 2007Flash FloodRedfield-Flash flooding was reported on Arkansas Highway 365.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindRedfield-Thunderstorm winds downed some small trees. Two 4 foot by 8 foot portable signs were overturned.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindRedfield-Thunderstorm winds blew down some power lines at Redfield.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindRedfield-Thunderstorm winds caused some roof damage and downed large trees 2 miles south of Redfield.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindRedfield-Several trees and a power pole were knocked down.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindRedfield-Thunderstorm winds downed some large trees and blew some shingles off the roof of a car wash.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindRedfield-Several trees were knocked down.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindRedfield-Thunderstorm winds knocked down some large tree limbs.
May 2022HailRedfield-no account filed
November 2017HailRedfield-no account filed
November 2017HailRedfield-no account filed
March 2015HailRedfield-no account filed
February 2012HailRedfield-no account filed
May 2009HailRedfield-no account filed
April 2009HailRedfield-no account filed
April 2009HailRedfield-no account filed
April 2007HailRedfield-no account filed
April 2007HailRedfield-no account filed
April 2007HailRedfield-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindRedfield-no account filed
November 2005HailRedfield-no account filed
March 2001HailRedfield-no account filed
April 2001HailRedfield-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindRedfield-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindRedfield-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindRedfield-no account filed
November 2000Thunderstorm WindRedfield-no account filed
October 1998Thunderstorm WindRedfield-no account filed
June 1997HailRedfield-no account filed
April 1997Thunderstorm WindRedfield-no account filed
April 1996HailRedfield-no account filed
March 1996Thunderstorm WindRedfield-no account filed
February 1996HailRedfield-no account filed
April 1995HailRedfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Kearney2.3 miles12
Red Bluff (historical)3.0 miles12
English Place3.7 miles12
Jefferson4.6 miles12
Wright6.2 miles12
Eastwood6.9 miles14
Plum Bayou (historical)6.9 miles12
Samples7.2 miles14

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 RedfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79682The 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 58477. 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.

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.