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Sayre, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Red Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71726. It stands on Barham Branch. The Survey maps it on the Reader quadrangle.

Sayre within Ouachita County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

64 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Sayre between 1997 and 2018, burning about 464 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined21
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism17
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2006Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ouachita County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Sayre: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Silis Williams PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ouachita County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sayre in 4 storm reports in 2009: 2 flood, 2 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
October 2009Flash FloodSayre$500,000U.S. Highway 79 southwest of Camden was closed due to water over the road. A high water rescue was necessary on the highway at Ogemaw. Other highways closed included Arkansas 57 from U.S. Highway 278 to Arkansas Highway 76, and Arkansas Highway 376 from U.S. Highway 79 to U.S. Highway 278. The basement of the county courthouse in Camden was flooded. County roads closed included Ouachita 1, 2, 6, 25, 32, 45, 88, 96, 210, 232, and the intersection of 427 and 97. Many county roads were washed out.
October 2009FloodSayre$300,000Flash flooding which began on the 29th became widespread areal flooding on the 30th. Several businesses were flooded and four families were evacuated in the southwest part of Camden. Water was up to the door handles of minivans.
December 2009FloodSayre$250,000Flash flooding, which developed early on the morning of the 24th, became widespread areal flooding later in the morning on the 24th and continued into Christmas morning. Arkansas Highway 7 was flooded north of Camden. Road cave-ins occurred on Adams Ave., Roseman Rd., and Ouachita 143 off Old Wire Rd. Roads closed due to flooding included Ouachita 44, 45, 32, and 232.
December 2009Flash FloodSayre$250,000Widespread heavy rain led to the development of flash flooding early on the morning of the 24th.

Every storm recorded in Ouachita 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
Barham2.8 miles16
Red Hill3.6 miles16
Chidester5.1 miles16
Van Wagoner (historical)7.3 miles15
Good Hope7.6 miles16
Wyloe (historical)7.8 miles15
Bragg City8.2 miles15
Lunet9.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57179. 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.