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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.

Wilburn within Cleburne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

85 since 1999

Regional 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/incendiarism30
Debris and open burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2005Arson/incendiarism118 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarism524 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2010Debris and open burning8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2011Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cleburne County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
Williamson Gully ProspectManganesePast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cleburne County

Storms near this place

13 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWilburn$20,000Roofs were damaged on several houses and trees were blown down onto power lines.
September 2007Flash FloodWilburn-Water covered parts of Arkansas Highway 110 near Wilburn.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindWilburn-Thunderstorm winds downed some large tree limbs and blew over several signs.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindWilburn-Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees.
May 2002Flash FloodWilburn-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 2005HailWilburn-no account filed
August 2003HailWilburn-no account filed
May 2003Flash FloodWilburn-no account filed
March 2001HailWilburn-no account filed
November 2000HailWilburn-no account filed
January 1999Tornado (F1)Wilburn-no account filed
October 1998Thunderstorm WindWilburn-no account filed
March 1996Thunderstorm WindWilburn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cleburne 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
Hiram2.8 miles9
Tyler (historical)3.4 miles15
Snell4.1 miles10
Rainbow Island4.3 miles9
McJester4.4 miles9
Tumbling Shoals4.8 miles15
Libby (historical)4.8 miles10
West Pangburn5.2 miles10

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 WilburnAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8000262The 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.