Sellers Store, Arkansas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Lower North Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72542. The Survey maps it on the Hardy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Hardy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Cherokee Village quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
92 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Sellers Store between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,373 acres in total. None started naturally. 22 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 | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 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 Sellers Store: 1 unknown. 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 | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sellers Store in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2024: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Sellers Store | - | The Ravenden Springs Tornado began near Acres Road just south of|Bakers Cemetery Road, but north of Ozark Acres. The tornado|damaged a small metal outbuilding on the west side of Acres Road,|twisting the structure at a 45 degree angle from its footing,|before crossing Acres Road and rolling a single wide trailer|approximately two times. Several trees surrounding these|buildings were snapped or uprooted. The tornado continued|eastward through a forested area, downing numerous trees,|parallel and just south of Bakers Cemetery Road. The tornado|crossed Wynnewood Farm Road before crossing Martin's Creek Road|at Powell Hollow Road. The tornado traveled along Powell Hollow|Road (also County Road 83), damaging several structures and|downing several more trees. This tornado then crossed Bradford|Cemetery Road, entering another heavily forested area exiting |Sharp County and entering Randolph County. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Sellers Store | - | Quarter size hail fell just northeast of Hardy. The time was estimated from radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ozark Acres | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Baker | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Hardy | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Canton (historical) | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Wenstead (historical) | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Armstrong | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Herrick (historical) | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Cherokee Village | 6.4 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122569479 | 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 58596. 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.




