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South Crossett, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Egypt Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71635. The Survey maps it on the Crossett South quadrangle.

South Crossett within Ashley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

160 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of South Crossett between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,234 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 46 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/undetermined61
Arson/incendiarism46
Debris and open burning31
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking1

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 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2004Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ashley County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of South Crossett: 1 past producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
St.Francis S&G Co. Crossett PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ashley County

Storms near this place

8 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Crossett in 8 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
September 2011Thunderstorm WindSouth Crossett$200,000A large shed and a chicken house were heavily damaged along Highway 133 south of Crossett.
August 2018Flash FloodSouth Crossett$10,000Water was over some roads in Crossett, including Cedar Street. A car drove into a ditch due to water over a road.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindSouth Crossett$10,000A tree was blown down onto a house along Sycamore Circle. Another tree was blown down on Cedar Street. Additional trees were blown down along Highway 82 near Crossett, and a tree was blown down on Highway 133 North.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindSouth Crossett$8,000Trees were blown down along County Road 3.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindSouth Crossett$6,000Trees were blown down across Cypress Street.
November 2015Thunderstorm WindSouth Crossett$5,000A utility pole was broken.
April 2019Flash FloodSouth Crossett$3,000King Circle was not passable.
March 2014HailSouth Crossett$300A few tree limbs were also blown down.

Every storm recorded in Ashley 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
Forest Park Addition1.0 miles11
Oakhurst Addition1.4 miles11
Cremer1.6 miles11
Crossett1.6 miles10
West Crossett3.2 miles10
Unity3.8 miles10
North Crossett4.2 miles10
Rolfe Junction4.5 miles11

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 Q122564862The 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 58656. 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.