Stella, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Drytown Township. It lies near Craig Hill. The Survey maps it on the Zion quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1951 USGS Melbourne quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Cherokee Village quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Zion quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
102 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Stella between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,956 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 28 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 burning | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 1997 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Stella: 9 past producers, 6 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time Stokes | Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Anderson Prospect | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Bevans Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Bone Prospect | Manganese | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| H.J.Ray Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Hall Prospect | Manganese | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| Henry King Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| L B Ray Prospect | Manganese | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| M E Wilson Prospect | Manganese | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| Moser Prospect | Manganese | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stella in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | Hail | Stella | - | Large hail fell between Mt. Pleasant and Melbourne. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stella | - | Limbs were blown down. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 55200. 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.





