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Belk Corner, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Cadron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72034. It lies near Donald Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Conway quadrangle.

Belk Corner within Faulkner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

38 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Belk Corner between 1997 and 2020, burning about 540 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2001Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2012Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Faulkner County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Belk Corner: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Plnt No 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Faulkner County

Storms near this place

7 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belk Corner in 7 storm reports between 2013 and 2026: 4 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2013Thunderstorm WindBelk Corner$10,000Numerous trees were blown down.
March 2026HailBelk Corner-Quarter-sized hail fell on the southern side of Conway.
February 2019Flash FloodBelk Corner-Road closures due to water flowing over the roads.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindBelk Corner-Spotter estimated 60 mph winds.
July 2013HailBelk Corner-Hail the size of pennies fell at Round Mountain.
April 2022HailBelk Corner-no account filed
September 2013HailBelk Corner-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Faulkner County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Salem (historical)2.3 miles17
Red Hill2.5 miles17
Round Mountain2.8 miles13
Brumley3.5 miles13
Conway3.7 miles13
Preston4.0 miles13
Gleason4.4 miles17
Gold Creek4.8 miles13

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.

Wikidata item Q122568554The 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 56926. 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.