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Stanford, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Dalton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72450. It stands on Sugar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Walcott quadrangle.

Stanford within Greene County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

13 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Stanford between 1999 and 2003, burning about 208 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
6 September 1999Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Debris and open burning15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Smoking5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 April 2000Arson/incendiarism35 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Stanford: 9 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
UnkIronOccurrence
Dwyer Pit No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Greene County

Storms near this place

7 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stanford in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
July 2018Thunderstorm WindStanford$10,000Trees and power lines down, especially on Highways 412 and 141.
February 2022Thunderstorm WindStanford$3,000A large tree was knocked down on the road in Stanford.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindStanford-Tree down on Highway 141 near Ebenezer.
June 2014HailStanford-Quarter size hail fell south of Stanford.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindStanford-Straight line winds knocked down trees all across Greene County. The most concentrated area stretched from near Stanford to Center Hill. Two shop buildings were blown over on County Road 217. A barn was damaged on County Road 615 and a tree fell onto a house on County Road 626.
May 2018HailStanford-no account filed
April 2010HailStanford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greene 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
Commissary (historical)1.3 miles14
Crowley2.7 miles15
Walcott3.7 miles14
Faulknerville4.4 miles14
Light4.8 miles14
Ebenezer5.2 miles14
Fairview5.3 miles15
Beech Grove5.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78443. 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.