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Blackwell, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Welborn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72823. The Survey maps it on the Morrilton West quadrangle.

Blackwell within Conway County

On record in Blackwell

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

26 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Blackwell between 1999 and 2020, burning about 385 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 burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2004Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Conway County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Blackwell: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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
UnkStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Conway County

Storms near this place

9 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blackwell in 9 storm reports between 2005 and 2019: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2019Thunderstorm WindBlackwell$90,000Trees were down county-wide and about 10 homes were damaged.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindBlackwell-Storms that hit the Atkins area in Pope County moved into Conway County and caused damage in Blackwell. Trees were downed and the roofs of homes were damaged.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindBlackwell-A few trees were blown down.
November 2005Tornado (F2)Blackwell-The strong tornado moved out of Pope County and back into Conway County about one mile southwest of Blackwell. The tornado moved to the northeast, downing three wooden 115 kilovolt power structures. As the tornado crossed Interstate 40, it destroyed a liquor store at Blackwell. The tornado continued moving northeastward, damaging several houses. Several outbuildings were damaged or destroyed. Numerous trees and power lines were also knocked down. The tornado dissipated about 2.5 miles northeast of Saint Vincent.
April 2015HailBlackwell-no account filed
February 2013HailBlackwell-no account filed
April 2011HailBlackwell-no account filed
April 2011HailBlackwell-no account filed
April 2011HailBlackwell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Conway 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
Kenwood2.2 miles18
Country Estates5.2 miles18
Hattieville5.3 miles16
Hickory Hill5.9 miles17
Spring Meadows6.1 miles18
Index (historical)6.3 miles18
Wesley Chapel6.6 miles17
Morrilton7.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76373. 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.