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State Line, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1989. It stands in French Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71861. The Survey maps it on the Bradley SE quadrangle.

State Line within Lafayette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

78 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of State Line between 1998 and 2018, burning about 1,662 acres in total. 3 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/incendiarism32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Debris and open burning10
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
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 1998Arson/incendiarism15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresLouisiana Office of Forestrynot named
17 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined32 acresLouisiana Office of Forestrynot named
6 August 2008Arson/incendiarism40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2006Arson/incendiarism30 acresLouisiana Office of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lafayette County

Storms near this place

10 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names State Line in 10 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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
April 2024Thunderstorm WindState Line1 hurtAn occupant inside a home on County Road 245 on the south side of Lake Erling was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries due to a large tree falling onto the home.
October 2019Tornado (EF1)State Line$10,000An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds around 100 mph touched down near the intersection of Highway 53 and County Road 21 in far Southeast Lafayette County just north of the Louisiana state line, where it partially removed the roof and siding from an outbuilding. The tornado continued east along County Road 21 where it entered Southwest Columbia County.
January 2024Flash FloodState Line-County Road 71 was flooded and barricaded south of State Line, and County Road 25 was also closed due to flooding. Water was also reported over the roadway on County Road 9, County Road 4, and County Road 27 between Stamps and Lewisville.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindState Line-Power poles and lines down along CR 246 on the south end of Lake Erling.
June 2023HailState Line-Golf ball size hail reported around 6 miles southwest of Taylor.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindState Line-Several trees snapped along a path from Lake Erling to near Taylor.
February 2018Flash FloodState Line-High water over Highway 53.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindState Line-Trees were blown down on Highway 53 north of Highway 160 near Lake Erling.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindState Line-Numerous trees were downed near Hwy. 53 and Walker Creek.
October 2009Flash FloodState Line-Highway 53 near Lake Erling was closed due to high water. Because of the excessive flooding and storm damage that occurred during the month of October across Lafayette County, the county qualified for federal relief as the county was deemed a Federal Disaster Area.

Every storm recorded in Lafayette 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
Walker Creek4.6 miles17
Forest Grove5.9 miles15
Kizer6.6 miles17
Bradley6.9 miles17
Walnut Hill8.7 miles17
Grants9.6 miles15
Burton Mill9.9 miles15
Canfield10.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62492. 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.