Wright, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bolivar Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72182. It lies near Hensley Island. The Survey maps it on the Wright quadrangle. It stands 220 feet above sea level.
On record in Wright
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Plum Bayou Homesteadslisted 1975 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1932 USGS Pastoria quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1935 USGS Pastoria quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Wright quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Wright between 2001 and 2015, burning about 116 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 July 2006 | Natural | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 June 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 April 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 April 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wright in 12 storm reports between 1993 and 2013: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2008 | Flood | Wright | $1,000,000 | Heavy rain caused minor flooding of the Arkansas River at Pine Bluff. This was the 4th highest crest since completion of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System which extends into Oklahoma. Homes in the Island Harbor Estates subdivision north of Pine Bluff saw water at the top of street signs and mailboxes, but only 2 homes along Holiday and Canal Roads partially flooded. Some winter wheat flooded in Jefferson County. |
| October 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wright | $1,000 | A large tree was blown down onto Arkansas 256. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wright | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down a few trees and power lines. Several homes had shingles blown off. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wright | - | Some trees were blown down. |
| January 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Wright | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wright | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wright | - | no account filed |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wright | - | no account filed |
| December 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wright | - | no account filed |
| December 1996 | Hail | Wright | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Wright | - | no account filed |
| January 1993 | Hail | Wright | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plum Bayou (historical) | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Red Bluff (historical) | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Pastoria | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Kearney | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Tucker | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Ferda | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Redfield | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Jefferson | 6.4 miles | 12 |
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 Wright | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8038157 | 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 56551. 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.







