BlockBarfield, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Canadian Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72315. The Survey maps it on the Armorel quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1939 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Armorel quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1976 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Barfield between 1999 and 2007, burning about 179 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Chicksaw National Wildlife Refuge | HARDY SHED |
| 14 November 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 139 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barfield in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barfield | - | Straight line winds resulted in damage at the Nucor Steel Plant east of Blytheville. One building had the roof partially torn off. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armorel | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Hickman | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Tomato | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Promised Land | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Burton | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hickman Landing | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Huffman | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Number Nine | 6.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 56916. 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.