Blakemore, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Pettus Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72046. The Survey maps it on the England quadrangle. It stands 220 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1937 USGS England quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1937 USGS England quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS England quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS England SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS England quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Blakemore between 2000 and 2016, burning about 110 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 47 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 March 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 February 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 October 2015 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blakemore in 13 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blakemore | $100,000 | Several power poles were snapped. Several roofs sustained major damage and a metal farm shop was completely destroyed. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blakemore | $5,000 | Sheet metal was blown off a building. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Blakemore | $5,000 | Roadways were flooded in Blakemore. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blakemore | $1,000 | Large limbs were blown down. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Blakemore | - | Ping-pong ball sized hail fell in the town of Blakemore. |
| June 2021 | Tornado (EFU) | Blakemore | - | A tornado was captured on video, but occurred over an open field that became flooded. No damage was observed. The placement and length of tornado was estimated from the video. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blakemore | - | Limbs and trees were reported down near Blakemore. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Blakemore | - | Dime to nickel size hail and estimated 50 mph winds were experienced. Small limbs were down. |
| August 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Blakemore | - | Several photographs showed at least one funnel cloud over the southern part of Lonoke County. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blakemore | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees. |
| March 2014 | Hail | Blakemore | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Blakemore | - | no account filed |
| February 2009 | Hail | Blakemore | - | 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.
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 Blakemore | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4924607 | 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 61178. 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.











