BlockArbaugh, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Boston Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72852. The Survey maps it on the Boston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Boston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
28 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Arbaugh between 1995 and 2020, burning about 381 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 June 2005 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | JOH1765984 |
| 9 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 176 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | TOWER ROAD |
| 8 April 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 61 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | GLORY HOLE |
| 5 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | WARD |
| 5 April 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | DOGWOOD |
| 20 April 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | MILE 68 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arbaugh in 1 storm report in 2011: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Arbaugh | $500,000 | This tornado exited Madison County south of Red Star and entered Newton County north of Arbaugh. In Newton County, hundreds of trees were blown down, with several of the trees falling on houses and vehicles. A number of outbuildings were damaged. A chicken house and a barn were destroyed. The greatest amount of structural damage occurred just south of Wayton. Many power poles and power lines were blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loafer | 1.0 miles | 10 | |
| Fallsville | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Ryker | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Walnut | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Edwards Junction | 8.7 miles | 9 | |
| Reeves | 9.1 miles | 10 | |
| Swain | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Mossville | 9.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 70458. 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.