Stumptoe, Arkansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72080. The Survey maps it on the Jerusalem quadrangle. It stands 1,066 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1892 USGS Morrillton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Morrillton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1894 USGS Morrilton quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Jerusalem quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Conway quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Jerusalem quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
44 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Stumptoe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 536 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 13 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/incendiarism | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | EVANS |
| 6 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | WHITE OAK |
| 13 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | MYSTERY |
| 9 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | DEJA VU |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin | 4.9 miles | 21 | |
| Liberty Springs (historical) | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Koones Gulf (historical) | 8.0 miles | 21 | |
| Old Liberty (historical) | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Gridley (historical) | 8.7 miles | 16 | |
| Latham (historical) | 9.9 miles | 16 | |
| Edge (historical) | 10.1 miles | 16 | |
| Gravel Hill | 10.3 miles | 16 |
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 Stumptoe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q15051907 | 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 73744. 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.










