BlockStafford, Arkansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Mountain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72824. It stands on White Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chickalah Mountain West quadrangle.
On record in Stafford
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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 #3 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Dardanelle quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Chickalah Mountain West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
83 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Stafford between 1992 and 2019, burning about 406 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 32 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | SULPHER SPRINGS #1 |
| 8 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | SULPHER SPRINGS #2 |
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | CEDAR CREEK |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | LABOR LAKE |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stafford in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2011: 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2011 | Flash Flood | Stafford | $150,000 | Parts of Arkansas 27, 28, 80, 307, and 309 were flooded, as were numerous county roads. A National Weather Service storm survey indicated that virtually every creek had overflowed from Dardanelle through Danville to Rover and west to Gravelly. Many low-water crossing were flooded with at least 2 to 4 feet of water, as indicated by debris left in trees, brush, and fences. Young Gravelly Rd., just off Arkansas 28, had 6 to 7 feet of water across it at a low-water crossing. Arkansas 28 had some pavement washed away near Gravelly when the Fourche LaFave River overflowed onto the highway. |
| April 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Stafford | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Grove | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Gum Tree | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Millan (historical) | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Crossroads | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Belleville | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Ranger | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Corinth | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Sulphur Springs | 6.1 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 73684. 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.
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.