Witcherville, Arkansas
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Township 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72940. The Survey maps it on the Greenwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 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.
- 1887 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1943 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
103 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Witcherville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 587 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2005 | Smoking | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Witcherville in 10 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 8 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Hail | Witcherville | $30,000 | Golf ball size damaged homes and vehicles. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Witcherville | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Witcherville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| January 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Witcherville | $2,500 | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and blew over chicken pens. |
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Witcherville | $100 | Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Witcherville | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Witcherville | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Witcherville | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Witcherville | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Witcherville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dill Place (historical) | 2.3 miles | 24 | |
| Dayton | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Big Rock | 2.7 miles | 22 | |
| Fox Hill | 3.2 miles | 24 | |
| Huntington | 3.8 miles | 24 | |
| Crossroads | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| Arkola | 4.3 miles | 24 | |
| Montreal | 4.7 miles | 24 |
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 Witcherville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48862072 | 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 78793. 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.
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.










