West Richwoods, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 5. It lies in ZIP code area 72560. It lies near Collins Hill. The Survey maps it on the Mountain View SW quadrangle. It stands 1,030 feet above sea level.
On record in West Richwoods
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 2 records
Samuel Brown Houselisted 1985
West Richwoods Church & Schoollisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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 Mountain View quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Mountain View SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
51 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of West Richwoods between 1998 and 2020, burning about 537 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of West Richwoods: 7 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 | Stone | Producer | ||
| Mountain View Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mountain View Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stone County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stone County Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Richwoods in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2026: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2013 | Flash Flood | West Richwoods | $10,000 | Ditches overflowed onto roadways, making several of them impassable. Low water crossings were under water. Widespread street flooding occurred. |
| April 2026 | Tornado (EF1) | West Richwoods | - | Storm survey revealed a tornado developed south of Mt. View just|east of AR State Hwy 9 west of Stewart Road northwest of the|community of Hanover. The tornado continued generally east-|southeast crossing Hanover and Luber Roads. The tornado then|moved a more easterly direction toward the intersection of|Misenheimer and Waco Roads, dropping off the plateau crossing AR|State Hwy 5 west of Arbana. The tornado then crossed Iron|Mountain Road, eventually lifting near the intersection of Stone|County Road 273 and Bob Davis Mountain Road southwest of the|Pleasant Grove community. Damage to barns and outbuildings was|noted, along with many trees blown down. This tornado was rated|EF1, with maximum estimated winds of 110 mph and width of|approximately 400 yds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Richwoods | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Hanover | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Mountain View | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Turkey Creek | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Newnata | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Luber | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Gayler | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| Fox | 7.1 miles | 15 |
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 West Richwoods | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7986343 | 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 78728. 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.








