Savoy, Arkansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Litteral Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72704. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wheeler quadrangle. It stands 1,040 feet above sea level.
On record in Savoy
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 2 records
Illinois River Bridge at Phillips Fordlisted 2009
Lake Wedington Historic Districtlisted 1995
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1899 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1904 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Wheeler quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1979 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
61 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Savoy between 1992 and 2018, burning about 664 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 33 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1998 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | SHOOTING RANGE |
| 10 September 2011 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | TOWER RD. FIRE |
| 30 August 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | WEDINGTON REC |
| 5 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | WEDINGTON LAKE |
| 29 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.3 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | WILDCAT 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Savoy: 7 past producers. None of them 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Savoy in 16 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 8 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Hail | Savoy | $100,000 | Tennis ball size hail damaged homes and automobiles in Wedington Woods. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Savoy | $25,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind damaged chicken houses and snapped large tree limbs. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Savoy | $20,000 | Hail up to ping pong ball size damaged vehicles and homes. |
| May 2022 | Flood | Savoy | - | Portions of Highway 16 were flooded, and a vehicle was stranded at the bridge over the Illinois River. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Savoy | - | A tornado snapped large tree limbs. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 80 to 85 mph. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Savoy | - | Highway 16 west of Fayetteville was closed due to flooding. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Savoy | - | The Illinois River near Savoy was reported out of its banks. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Savoy | - | Several large trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Savoy | - | A KNWA meteorologist reported that a tornado uprooted trees and snapped large limbs. The maximum wind speed in the tornado based on this damage was about 90 mph. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Savoy | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Savoy | - | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Savoy | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Savoy | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Savoy | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Savoy | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Savoy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wedington Woods | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Jabur (historical) | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Wheeler | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Blewford (historical) | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Harmon | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| White Rock | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Weddington | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Rickert (historical) | 4.7 miles | 18 |
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 Savoy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7428421 | 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 78300. 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.







