Steprock, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Big Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72081. It stands on Cedar Branch. The Survey maps it on the Steprock quadrangle.
On record in Steprock
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
- Morris Hartsell Farmsteadlisted 1991
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1935 USGS Bald Knob quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Steprock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
81 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Steprock between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,718 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 23 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 | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 96 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 55 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | WHI17514057 |
| 23 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | WHI17782797 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Steprock: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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.
Storms near this place
10 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Steprock in 10 storm reports between 2003 and 2015: 6 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Steprock | $100,000 | According to the American Red Cross, the tornado caused major damage to one mobile home, and minor damage to four houses. Most of the damage was due to falling trees. This was the third of five tornadoes produced by the same supercell thunderstorm. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steprock | $2,000 | Small trees and large tree limbs were snapped off. |
| August 2012 | Heavy Rain | Steprock | - | Rainfall measured 4.65 inches in 21 hours. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Steprock | - | Street flooding occurred on Dripping Springs Road just off of Arkansas Highway 157. A rain gage nearby measured 2.24 inches of rain in one hour. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Steprock | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Steprock | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Steprock | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Steprock | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Steprock | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Steprock | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnydale | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| Bare Stone | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Little Red | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Bliss (historical) | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Dewey | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Providence | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Maddock (historical) | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Doyleville (historical) | 4.5 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122594423 | The 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 78458. 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.




