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Webb City, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Middle Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72949. It stands on Gar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ozark quadrangle.

Webb City within Franklin County

On record in Webb City

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

86 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Webb City between 1997 and 2019, burning about 981 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 16 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 burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Arson/incendiarism16
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking1
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
7 September 2001Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2005Natural15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2011Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2006Natural7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2006Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2010Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Webb City: 17 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Flagstone. 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
Chrisman Rock QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
Gutrie IslandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

26 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Webb City in 26 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 3 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2007Tornado (EF1)Webb City$125,000A tornado tore portions of the roofs off of two houses, damaged several other homes, destroyed several outbuildings, and snapped or uprooted a number of trees.
May 2015Flash FloodWebb City$75,000A road was washed out by flood water.
April 2025HailWebb City$20,000Half dollar size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
April 2025HailWebb City$20,000Golf ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
April 2025HailWebb City$15,000Half dollar size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
November 2018Thunderstorm WindWebb City$15,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roofs of five homes and uprooted trees.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindWebb City$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and power lines.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWebb City$5,000Power lines were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindWebb City$1,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree and power lines.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWebb City-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree in Ozark Country Estates.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindWebb City-Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured to 60 mph south of town by an amateur radio storm spotter. Large tree limbs were snapped.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindWebb City-Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted small trees and snapped large tree limbs.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindWebb City-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees on Highway 309 south of Ozark.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindWebb City-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees in Webb City.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindWebb City-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees onto Highway 23.
December 2015FloodWebb City-Portions of Highway 309 near Highway 23 south of Ozark was closed due to flooding.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindWebb City-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous large tree limbs and several small trees.
May 2015Flash FloodWebb City-Hillbilly Lane off of Highway 64 was closed due to rapidly rising water. West School and West Gibson Streets were also flooded.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWebb City-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large trees.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindWebb City-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large limbs, which fell onto the road blocking the intersection of Highways 23 and 96.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindWebb City-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees.
May 2011Flash FloodWebb City-Portions of Highway 64 in Ozark were flooded and impassable.
May 2020HailWebb City-no account filed
March 2016HailWebb City-no account filed
February 2013HailWebb City-no account filed
February 2011HailWebb City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
South Ozark0.8 miles19
Ozark1.3 miles19
Poping3.2 miles19
Wiederkehr Village3.6 miles19
Altus4.0 miles19
Denning4.8 miles19
Mountain Grove4.8 miles14
Greenwood5.3 miles19

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 Webb CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48861911The 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 58840. 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.