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Whiteville, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 10. It lies in ZIP code area 72635. It stands on Monkey Run Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mountain Home West quadrangle.

Whiteville within Baxter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

42 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Whiteville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 532 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined27 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2005Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2012Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baxter County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Whiteville: 6 prospects, 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Mcguire QuarryDolomitePast Producer
Mountain Home PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shiras MineIron, Zinc, LeadProspect
Mcguire PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mcguire Quarry No.1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
Big John ProspectLead, ZincProspect
Cedar Gap ProspectLead, ZincProspect
Cincinnati ProspectLead, ZincProspect

Every working recorded in Baxter County

Storms near this place

7 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whiteville in 7 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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
March 2020Tornado (EF1)Whiteville$120,000The tornado uprooted or snapped several large trees and damaged outbuildings. A large tree was uprooted and fell through the bedroom of a residence. A large portion of the roof of a house was torn off and blown into nearby trees.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWhiteville-A metal building sustained roof damage due to damaging wind gusts.
March 2024HailWhiteville-A report via mPING of quarter-sized hail that fell near Whiteville.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWhiteville-A barn was overturned near the community of Whiteville.
April 2021HailWhiteville-Baseball sized hail was noted near Colfax.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindWhiteville-A large tree was blown down.
April 2016HailWhiteville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Baxter 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
Independence (historical)0.7 miles18
Monkey Run1.9 miles18
Gassville2.5 miles18
Colfax3.0 miles18
Conville (historical)3.9 miles18
Cotter4.4 miles18
Spring Lake Estates4.5 miles18
Midway4.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69459. 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.