BlockBellaire, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in District 3. It lies in ZIP code area 71638. The Survey maps it on the Halley quadrangle. It stands 135 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1936 USGS McGehee quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS McGehee quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS McGehee quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Mc Gehee SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Halley quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Dumas quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Bellaire between 2002 and 2010, burning about 51 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 February 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 November 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 October 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 26 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 January 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bellaire in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2018: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Bellaire | 2 hurt, $100,000 | A long track tornado touched down along Highway 65 in Chicot County, Arkansas, where numerous power poles were snapped and two eighteen wheelers flipped over causing 2 minor injuries. Damage occurred to several homes and farm buildings and heavy roof damage occurred to the Yellow Bend Port facility. This tornado was initially in Chicot County, moved into Desha County, and then moved back into Chicot County. The tornado then crossed the Mississippi River into Bolivar County, Mississippi. The tornado was rated EF-1 in Chicot County and was given an overall rating of EF-2 due to damage in Mississippi.||In Bolivar County, Mississippi, numerous power poles were snapped. A well built tractor shed was destroyed and several farm buildings were damaged. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 115 mph, with a total path length of 41 miles through Chicot, Desha, and Bolivar counties. |
| February 2018 | Flash Flood | Bellaire | $50,000 | Roughly 90 percent of the secondary roads across northern portions of the county were under water with some impassable. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellaire | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down along Black Pond Road. |
| February 2001 | Hail | Bellaire | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurds | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Halley Junction | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Deep Elm | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Constance (historical) | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Maxey (historical) | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Dermott | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Decker (historical) | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Bowman | 4.6 miles | 14 |
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 Bellaire | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18149040 | 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 61706. 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.