BlockBalch, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Richwoods Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72005. The Survey maps it on the Amagon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Tuckerman quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Amagon quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Tuckerman quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Balch between 1997 and 2016, burning about 163 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 1999 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 March 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 March 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 March 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 70 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 January 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 January 2016 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Balch in 5 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Balch | $1,000 | A tree was blown down. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Balch | - | Several county roads were flooded in the Balch/Amagon areas of Jackson County due to heavy rainfall. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Balch | - | Winds were estimated at 70 mph. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Balch | - | Thunderstorm winds damaged two farm buildings. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Balch | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midway | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Stringers Mill | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Amagon | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Algoa | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Pennington | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Cow Lake (historical) | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Remmel | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Wilkinsville (historical) | 5.5 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57306. 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.