Wiseman, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Baker Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72512. It stands on Bullpen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Franklin quadrangle. It stands 620 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1951 USGS Melbourne quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Melbourne NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Cherokee Village quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
113 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Wiseman between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,445 acres in total. None started naturally. 27 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 | 46 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wiseman: 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wiseman in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2010: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wiseman | $40,000 | Several windows were blown out in Wiseman. A tractor was blown over and moved, and part of a roof was torn off. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wiseman | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree. |
| January 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Wiseman | - | A weak tornado was spawned in northeastern Izard County about a mile southwest of Wiseman. The tornado moved northeast, and damaged the roofs of 9 residences in or near Wiseman, with the damage mostly due to falling trees or tree limbs. Several roofs lost shingles, including the local community center. A few windows were broken as well. The tornado dissipated about about 0.7 mile northeast of Wiseman. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wiseman | - | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a storage building at a local golf course. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe Bend | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Day | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Franklin | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Violet Hill | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Oxford | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Myron | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Jett (historical) | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| New Liberty | 7.6 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 Wiseman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8027499 | 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 58903. 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.






