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Wirth, Arkansas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Upper North Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72554. It lies near Fox Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Wirth quadrangle.

Wirth within Sharp County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Wirth between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,070 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 23 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 burning38
Arson/incendiarism23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural2

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
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2001Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sharp County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Wirth: 3 prospects, 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, Iron, Iron, Zinc. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown - Iron & ClayKaolin, IronPast Producer
Unknown - Iron & ZincIron, ZincPast Producer
Leshem PropertyIronOccurrence
Pointer MineIronProspect
UnkIronUnknown
Unknown - IronIronProspect
Wrenfrow ProspectIronProspect

Every working recorded in Sharp County

Storms near this place

10 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wirth in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2011: 4 flood, 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
May 2011FloodWirth$4,500,000Four hundred feet of railroad tracks had to be replaced near Williford due to flooding from the Spring River.
March 2008Flash FloodWirth$2,000,000Portions of Hardy were flooded, and U.S. Highway 63 had 2 to 3 feet of water over it. Homes along the Spring River were evacuated. Numerous roads in the county were barricaded. Barnes Road, Hewlett Road, Piney Creek Road, and Bear Creek Road were blocked due to bridges being underwater. U.S. Highway 62 was closed at its intersection with Arkansas Highway 175 five miles south of Hardy. A gas station in Cherokee Village had fuel tanks floating out of the ground. There were 50 evacuations. A car was swept off the road in Williford; the driver was rescued.
April 2011FloodWirth$1,000,000Widespread areal flooding occurred.
October 2009Flash FloodWirth$125,000Approaches to many low water bridges were destroyed. Bridges on Big Creek and Martin Creek were severely damaged. A bridge on Shaw Cemetery Road was also damaged. Numerous rescues were necessary.
December 2009FloodWirth$100,000Heavy rain led to flooding in many parts of Sharp County. Bridges in Cherokee Village were flooded, as were Hulett Rd. at Center, Charleston and Blackstone Streets in Cave City, the Orr Ave. Bridge at Ash Flat, Carpenter Rd. at Evening Shade, and Barnes Rd. Other locations closed due to flooding in Cherokee Village were the Town Center bridges, East Lakeshore near Pontiac, North Golf Course bridge, Beach Club Hill, West Waketa and Allegheny at the bridge and Griffin Bridge. Woodland Hills Rd. was flooded in Hardy.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindWirth$10,000Outbuildings were destroyed.
October 2009FloodWirth-Flash flooding which began on the 29th became widespread areal flooding on the 30th.
September 2006Tornado (F2)Wirth-A strong tornado moved from eastern Fulton County into northern Sharp County. The tornado tracked from 5 miles southwest of Wirth to 1.8 miles east of Wirth. The tornado badly damaged two barns, with minor damaged at several residences. Three stock trailers were also overturned. Dozens of trees were downed, along with power poles and power lines. The tornado continued into Randolph County of the Memphis County Warning Area.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindWirth-no account filed
July 1998Flash FloodWirth-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sharp 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
Wenstead (historical)3.9 miles8
Armstrong6.3 miles8
Sellers Store7.7 miles8
Ozark Acres10.8 miles8
Hardy10.8 miles8
Baker11.9 miles8
Canton (historical)12.2 miles8
Cherokee Village12.8 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 56467. 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.