Wilburn, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Township 1. It lies in ZIP code area 72179. It stands on Liberty Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greers Ferry Dam quadrangle. 132 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 423 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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 Batesville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Greers Ferry Dam quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
85 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Wilburn between 1999 and 2020, burning about 1,698 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 30 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 118 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 524 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Wilburn: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Manganese. 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 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Williamson Gully Prospect | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilburn in 13 storm reports between 1996 and 2012: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilburn | $20,000 | Roofs were damaged on several houses and trees were blown down onto power lines. |
| September 2007 | Flash Flood | Wilburn | - | Water covered parts of Arkansas Highway 110 near Wilburn. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilburn | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some large tree limbs and blew over several signs. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilburn | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees. |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Wilburn | - | Heavy rains caused flash flooding to occur in the southeast part of Cleburne County. Several county roads were covered by high water for a few hours. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Wilburn | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Wilburn | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Flash Flood | Wilburn | - | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Hail | Wilburn | - | no account filed |
| November 2000 | Hail | Wilburn | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Wilburn | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilburn | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilburn | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiram | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Tyler (historical) | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Snell | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Rainbow Island | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| McJester | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Tumbling Shoals | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Libby (historical) | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| West Pangburn | 5.2 miles | 10 |
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 Wilburn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8000262 | 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 56348. 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.





