BlockBevis Corner, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Richwoods Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72142. The Survey maps it on the Scott quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1891 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Camp Pike quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1942 USGS Scott quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Scott quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Scott quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Bevis Corner between 1997 and 2018, burning about 52 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 June 2001 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 March 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 March 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bevis Corner in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. The reports record 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2005 | Tornado (F2) | Bevis Corner | 5 hurt | A strong tornado was spawned in Lonoke County roughly 2 miles east-southeast of Bevis Corner. The tornado moved to the northwest around the remnants of Hurricane Rita. Estimated winds with the tornado were about 120 mph. The tornado demolished a couple of mobile homes, with an injury in one of these homes. Several other mobile homes sustained some damage, such as being moved off of their foundations or having their roofs caved in. In one of these homes, 4 additional injuries were noted. The tornado was on the ground for just over 7 miles before dissipating near Kerr. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bevis Corner | $1,000 | A storage shed at a residence was destroyed, with pieces of the shed blowing across the road. |
| April 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Bevis Corner | - | The Pulaski County tornado moved into Lonoke County about 4 miles west-northwest of Bevis Corners around 816 am CDT. A trailer was overturned and destroyed near Bearskin Lake. Several trees were also knocked down in the area. More trees were blown down farther northeast along Bearskin Lake. The last noted damage was about 3.5 miles northwest of Bevis Corners where some roof damage occurred to several houses. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Bevis Corner | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Valley | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Country Club | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Meto (historical) | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Walkers Corner | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Meto | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Scott | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Hamiter | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Kerr | 5.3 miles | 19 |
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 Q5727514 | 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 76330. 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.