Scottsville, Arkansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in District 4. It lies in ZIP code area 72837. It stands on Little Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dover quadrangle. It stands 495 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1888 USGS Dardanelle #1 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Dardanelle quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Dover quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Dover quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
69 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Scottsville between 1995 and 2019, burning about 504 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 18 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 | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 92 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | CLUB RICK |
| 5 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | TPL LAND |
| 24 September 2002 | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Scottsville: 1 producer. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pope County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scottsville in 16 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scottsville | $60,000 | Trees, power poles, and power lines were blown down. One of the trees fell on a house. Arkansas Highway 27 was blocked for several hours. |
| November 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scottsville | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees and tore the roof off a building. Several homes in the area also sustained some minor damage. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scottsville | $15,000 | Numerous trees were blown down in the Ozark National Forest around Granny Gap Road. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scottsville | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| January 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scottsville | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees. |
| October 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scottsville | $500 | A few trees were blown down. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scottsville | - | A personal home weather station measured a 62 mph wind gust near the town of Hector. |
| June 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Scottsville | - | This tornado started just northwest of the intersection of Buck Mountain Road and Arkansas Highway 27, northeast of Dover. This tornado moved southeast along Buck Mountain Road before lifting west of the Esserman Lane. Tree damage was the primary damage with this tornado, with some trees uprooted to the northwest and some southeast in a converging pattern. This tornado had maximum estimated winds of 100 mph and was rated an EF1. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scottsville | - | A report was received of a home destroyed off of Hwy 27. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scottsville | - | A few trees were blown over and large tree limbs were down at Scottsville. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scottsville | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some large tree limbs around Scottsville. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scottsville | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down a few trees. |
| November 2003 | Hail | Scottsville | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Scottsville | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Scottsville | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Scottsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broomfield | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Boiling Springs (historical) | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Rock Springs | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Hector | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Dover | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Laurel (historical) | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Caglesville | 5.7 miles | 16 |
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 Scottsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7438196 | 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 78306. 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.









