BlockAshton, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in District 7. It lies in ZIP code area 71653. The Survey maps it on the Lake Village quadrangle.
On record in Ashton
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.
- Gregory Dipping Vatlisted 2006 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1936 USGS Lake Village quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Lake Village quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Lake Village quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Crossett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Ashton between 2002 and 2013, burning about 50 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashton in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2017: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF2) | Ashton | $1,500,000 | This tornado touched down near Highway 293 and tracked northeast for 10 miles where is dissipated shortly after crossing Highway 65. Along the path, hundreds of hardwood and softwood trees were snapped and uprooted. A mobile home was flipped over and destroyed. Several sheds, barns, outbuildings and unattached carports were damaged and destroyed along with several fences damaged. A 50 foot antenna was knocked down. A single family home had minor shingle damage, damage to siding, and window damage while 2 boats were damaged. The roll-up door for a tractor shed was damaged and a trampoline was blown around 75 yards and damaged. Lastly, 15 wooden power poles were also snapped near Highway 65. Maximum winds were around 115 mph. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashton | $17,000 | Six poles were down along Highway 82 near Lake Village. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Ashton | $3,000 | Minor street flooding occurred in Lake Village. |
| June 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Ashton | - | A funnel cloud was spotted in Lake Village along Highway 82. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayou Macon (historical) | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Reeves (historical) | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Cosgrove | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Village | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Chanticleer | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Myrtle Grove | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Lakehall | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Fairview | 4.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76206. 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.