Ursula, Arkansas
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Township 1. It lies in ZIP code area 72933. It stands on Doctors Fork. The Survey maps it on the Charleston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1890 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1906 USGS Lavaca quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Lavaca quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
30 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Ursula between 1998 and 2017, burning about 409 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2006 | Natural | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ursula in 5 storm reports between 2015 and 2026: 2 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Ursula | $15,000 | This is the first segment of a two segment tornado. In Sebastian County, this tornado uprooted trees and blew down power poles. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 85 to 95 mph. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ursula | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto Highway 22 near Plantation Lane. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ursula | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Ursula | - | Portions of Highway 252 east of Lavaca were closed due to flooding. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Ursula | - | Portions of Highway 252 east of Lavaca were closed due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Bloomer | 3.2 miles | 25 | |
| Lavaca | 4.3 miles | 25 | |
| Auburn (historical) | 5.2 miles | 25 | |
| Diamond Grove | 5.7 miles | 25 | |
| Island | 6.6 miles | 22 | |
| Riverdale | 6.9 miles | 25 | |
| Carnis | 7.8 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58788. 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.
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.











