BlockBlackburn, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in Lees Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72959. It lies near Coal Bank Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Winslow quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1898 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Stilwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Blackburn between 1992 and 2017, burning about 4,167 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,800 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | WAS17879233 |
| 9 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | WAS15575330 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blackburn in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Blackburn | $35,000 | A tornado destroyed an outbuilding and uprooted trees. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Blackburn | $20,000 | Golf ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Blackburn | - | Flood water washed away portions of Highway 220 near Devils Den. |
| February 2008 | Hail | Blackburn | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 70703. 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.