BlockSans Souci, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72370. It lies near Bullerton Towhead. The Survey maps it on the Osceola quadrangle. It stands 239 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1956 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Osceola quadrangle1:62500
- 1965 USGS Osceola quadrangle1:62500
- 1972 USGS Osceola quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Osceola quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Sans Souci between 2008 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 29 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | YANKEE BAR FIRE |
| 21 May 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | OLD FULTON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sans Souci: 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr.M.M. Lindsay Property Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Kentucky-Tennessee Clay No. 1 Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sans Souci in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Sans Souci | $15,000 | Tornado developed just west of the Mississippi River. The tornado broke power poles next to an industrial facility near the Sans Souci Landing. The tornado crossed the river into Lauderdale County, Tennessee. Peak winds were estimated at 85 mph in Mississippi County. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Sans Souci | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grider | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Butler | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Rotan | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Holt (historical) | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Osceola | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Upper Nodena (historical) | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Driver | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Carson Lake | 5.1 miles | 9 |
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 Sans Souci | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7418937 | 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 58587. 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.