BlockAvery, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wells Bayou Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71667. It stands on Caney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Avery quadrangle.
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.
- 1935 USGS Rotan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Avery quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Rotan quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Dumas quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Avery between 2001 and 2015, burning about 56 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | LIN7170415 |
| 27 March 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 November 2003 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 January 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | LIN274002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Avery: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mangum Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Avery in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avery | $30,000 | Several trees were reported down, including one on a house. A pole barn was also destroyed. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Avery | - | Highway 293 in Lincoln County was clossed due to high water. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avery | - | Trees were blown down near the intersection of Highway 293 and harmony Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion (historical) | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Fresno | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Rose Hill | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Mills | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Garrett Bridge | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Meroney | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Flynn | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Todd (historical) | 5.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57296. 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.