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Shibley, Arkansas

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1997. It stands in District 9. It lies in ZIP code area 72956. The Survey maps it on the Van Buren quadrangle.

Shibley within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 28 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

80 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Shibley between 1997 and 2020, burning about 389 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Arson/incendiarism50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2011Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Shibley: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Flagstone. 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
(Facility) Zinc SmelterZincPlant
Arkhola Sand & Gravel Co QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Arkhola Dredge & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ashland Sand& GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fort Smith Dredge & PlantSand 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

Every working recorded in Crawford County

Storms near this place

6 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shibley in 6 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Shibley$500,000This tornado developed just south of I-40, and north of Highway 64. It moved east, crossing Highway 64 snapping and uprooting trees, and damaging homes. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted, and numerous homes were damaged as the tornado continued to move generally east, crossing Highway 162, and then dissipating east of Sharp Chapel Road. A tornadic debris signature was detected by the KSRX WSR-88D with this tornado. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 100 to 110 mph.
April 2023HailShibley$25,000Ping pong ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
June 2025Tornado (EF0)Shibley$5,000This tornado traveled near the Union Pacific Railroad line, north of Kibler Road and west of Shibley Road. The tornado snapped large limbs from some trees, and produced minor damage to the roofs of some homes. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 80 to 85 mph.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindShibley$5,000Six power poles were snapped by strong thunderstorm wind and minor roof damage occurred to a structure just west of Highway 64 and Shibley Road.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindShibley-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs on Shibley Road.
May 2015Flash FloodShibley-Portions of Highway 282 were flooded.

Every storm recorded in Crawford 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
Eastgate Place0.6 miles28
Smeltzer1.1 miles28
Oak Grove2.0 miles28
Furry2.1 miles28
Concord2.4 miles28
Westville2.8 miles28
Wright Town3.0 miles28
Van Buren3.0 miles28

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 Q122553382The 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 58613. 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.