Sage, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72573. The Survey maps it on the Zion quadrangle. It stands 679 feet above sea level.
On record in Sage
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 1 record
Caney Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Churchlisted 1995
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1951 USGS Melbourne quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Cherokee Village quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Zion quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
116 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Sage between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,927 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 29 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 | 53 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Sage: 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L.C.Crutchfield Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Crutchfield Farm | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| W.K.Tate Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Black Rock Sand & Gravel Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sage in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 3 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 5 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF2) | Sage | 5 hurt, $325,000 | This tornado started in central Izard county, just southeast of Melbourne, and tracked northeast 9.86 miles in Izard county. The tornado continued into into western Sharp county and dissipating northwest of Evening Shade. There was mostly tree damage. Several homes in and around Sage had roof damage, with a few barns and sheds heavily damaged. The worst damage was 0.5 mile east of Sage, with numerous trees snapped and a horse barn destroyed. Farther northeast, a mobile home was rolled, and a person was injured. A modular home was ripped apart about 4.0 miles west-northwest of Evening Shade. The occupants went to a nearby metal storage container for shelter, and it was rolled. There were four injuries reported here, including one serious injury. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Sage | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Sage | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Sage | - | 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.
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 Sage | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7399107 | The 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 58567. 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.





