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Richwoods, Arkansas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Caddo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71923. The Survey maps it on the Arkadelphia quadrangle.

Richwoods within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

91 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Richwoods between 1997 and 2020, burning about 960 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined29
Debris and open burning28
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural6
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined475 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionVAUGHN CREEK
29 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionCLA2285712
25 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark 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 Richwoods: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. 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
Robert P Patterson PlantAluminumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richwoods in 1 storm report in 2018: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2018Flash FloodRichwoods-Widespread flash flooding occurred across eastern Clark County.

Every storm recorded in Clark 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
Midway2.1 miles9
Gum Springs2.1 miles9
Curtis2.9 miles17
Central4.8 miles9
Arkadelphia6.0 miles9
Daleville6.2 miles9
Griffithtown6.8 miles7
Smithton (historical)6.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78175. 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.