BlockBayou Meto, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bayou Meto Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72160. The Survey maps it on the Reydell quadrangle. It stands 187 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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 Varner quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Reydell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Varner quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS De Witt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Bayou Meto in 2002, burning about 2 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 January 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
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bayou Meto in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | Tornado (EF2) | Bayou Meto | - | The storm survey found evidence of an EF-2 tornado in Arkansas county. In Arkansas County, several structures were impacted with the most severe damage consistent with winds of around 120 mph 0.5 miles west of the intersection of US-165 and State Hwy 276. The tornado travelled 15.25 miles northeast through Arkansas County. Witnesses reported the tornado, and video was captured and shared through social media. ||The National Weather Service of Little Rock visited the affected area, with the most damage at a rice production plant. Metal was torn off of buildings and grain bins, a roof collapsed, and a shop was destroyed. Thirty or so utility poles were snapped. |
| September 2013 | Heavy Rain | Bayou Meto | - | Rainfall measured 3.76 inches at Lock #2 on the Arkansas River. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Bayou Meto | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Bayou Meto | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayou Meto | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayou Meto | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayou Meto | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hagler | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Lodge Corner | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Eldridge Corner | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Burks | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Mayview | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hyden | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| Monica (historical) | 9.0 miles | 14 | |
| Vallier | 9.3 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Bayou Meto | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14680789 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76257. 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.