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Staves, Arkansas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in White Oak Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71665. The Survey maps it on the Staves quadrangle. 133 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 256 feet above sea level.

Staves within Cleveland County

Population over time

2 figures

Staves grew from 116 to 133 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010116
2020133+17 (+15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

41 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Staves between 2000 and 2020, burning about 189 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
23 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2015Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2005Debris and open burning30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2005Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2005Natural6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2000Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cleveland County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Staves: 5 past producers, 1 unknown. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cleveland County

Storms near this place

17 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Staves in 17 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 5 hail, 4 flash flood, 4 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 2008FloodStaves$360,000Numerous roads were flooded. Eight large culverts were washed out. A culvert was washed out along Gullett Road in the Orlando community, leaving three households stranded. A bridge across Moro Creek at Darby Crossing was floating and was damaged.
October 2009Flash FloodStaves$325,000Numerous county roads were damaged by flash flooding.
December 2009FloodStaves$300,000Flash flooding, which developed on the morning of the 24th, became widespread areal flooding later on the 24th and continued into the 25th. Several county roads suffered significant damage. A bridge on Prairie Road, east of Kingsland, was damaged. Roads closed due to high water included Darby Crossing Road north of Kingsland, Brushy Creek Road between Rison and Woodlawn, Dunkeffie Road west of Kedron, and Harmony Church Road at Rye. The county road department had to repair washouts on 85 roads.
December 2009Flash FloodStaves$300,000Widespread heavy rain resulted in the development of flash flooding on the 24th.
May 2009FloodStaves$250,000Heavy rainfall in the basin pushed the Saline River at the gage near Rye above flood stage for most of the month of May. Numerous recreational cabins and primary residences were impacted by inundation or isolation. County and state roads also suffered damage. The crest at the gage was the 6th highest of record and the highest stage since 1987.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindStaves$5,000Some trees were blown down.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindStaves$5,000Trees were blown down.
April 2025HailStaves-Large apple-sized hail fell near the community of Staves.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindStaves-Multiple trees and powerlines were blown down about 3 miles west of Rison along Arkansas Highway 35.
March 2016Flash FloodStaves-The emergency manager reported numerous roads blocked due to flooding.
October 2009FloodStaves-Flash flooding that developed on the 29th became widespread areal flooding on the 30th. U.S. Highway 79 eventually had to be closed west of Kingsland due to high water.
October 2008Flash FloodStaves-Arkansas Highway 35 northwest of Rison was flooded. Water and debris covered the road.
September 2013Heavy RainStaves-no account filed
June 2011HailStaves-no account filed
June 2005HailStaves-no account filed
June 2003HailStaves-no account filed
August 2000HailStaves-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cleveland 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
White Oak Bluff1.6 miles9
Gum Springs4.2 miles12
Unionville (historical)6.0 miles12
Peace (historical)6.2 miles9
Canoe Landing6.6 miles12
Cabool (historical)6.8 miles9
Mansville (historical)7.1 miles9
Rison7.2 miles12

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.

Wikipedia article on StavesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7604822The 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 58684. 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.