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Summerville, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Township 4. It lies in ZIP code area 71744. It stands on Marlow Branch. The Survey maps it on the Banks quadrangle.

Summerville within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

62 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Summerville between 2001 and 2019, burning about 280 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 5 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 burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use19 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Summerville: 27 unknowns, 4 producers. 4 still produce. 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
Cram No 2 PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cram PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Harrell Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
St Francis Material Co IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown1890, 1937
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

1 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Summerville in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 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
April 2014Thunderstorm WindSummerville$25,000Numerous trees were blown down.

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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
Harrell2.4 miles12
Cram2.5 miles12
Unco4.3 miles17
Hampton6.2 miles12
Tinsman7.6 miles12
Watson8.8 miles12
Woodberry9.5 miles16
Artesian10.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58712. 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.