Sturdevant, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cotton Plant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72101. The Survey maps it on the McCrory quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Sturdevant within Woodruff County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

1940 USGS Tilton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Tilton quadrangle1:62500
1980 USGS Mc Crory quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

15 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Sturdevant (historical) between 1993 and 2018, burning about 298 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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	7
Debris and open burning	4
Smoking	3
Equipment and vehicle use	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
7 September 1999	Smoking	29 acres	Central Arkansas Refuges Complex	COLE
12 August 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	25 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
21 July 2008	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
2 July 2008	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
12 July 2008	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 June 2008	Debris and open burning	155 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 March 2018	Arson/incendiarism	2.7 acres	Cache River National Wildlife Refuge	POSSUM CREEK
5 March 2012	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Woodruff County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sturdevant (historical): 1 past producer. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Woodruff 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
McCrory	2.4 miles	10
DeView	2.8 miles	12
Morton	3.3 miles	10
Taylorville (historical)	3.3 miles	10
Pumpkin Bend	4.1 miles	10
Patterson	4.3 miles	10
Grays	4.6 miles	12
Riverside	5.4 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60678. 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.