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Bloomer, Arkansas

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Township 1. It lies in ZIP code area 72933. It lies near Christmas Knob. The Survey maps it on the Lavaca quadrangle.

Bloomer within Sebastian County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 25 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

31 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Bloomer between 1997 and 2017, burning about 278 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2004Debris and open burning8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2009Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2005Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sebastian 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 Bloomer: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sebastian County

Storms near this place

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bloomer in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
April 2022HailBloomer$75,000Hen egg size hail damaged homes, businesses, and vehicles.
March 2000Tornado (F0)Bloomer$500A tornado touched down just east of Bloomer and produced tree damage as it moved into Franklin County.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindBloomer$100no account filed
April 2022Tornado (EF1)Bloomer-This tornado uprooted trees and snapped large tree limbs in a heavily wooded area of Fort Chaffee. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 95 mph. The tornado was observed by a number of storm chasers and storm spotters.
May 2019Tornado (EF1)Bloomer-This is the first segment of a two-segment tornado. This tornado developed south of Highway 22, west of Marietta Church Road, and moved northeast across Highway 22 where trees were uprooted. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 90 to 100 mph. The tornado continued into Franklin County.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBloomer-A 60 mile an hour wind gust from a thunderstorm was reported by a trained spotter.
January 1999Tornado (F0)Bloomer-Several HAM Radio spotters simultaneously reported a tornado touchdown in an open area near the intersection of AR Hwys 22 and 96. Calls to the area revealed no damage.
March 2000HailBloomer-no account filed
January 1999HailBloomer-no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindBloomer-no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindBloomer-no account filed
June 1994HailBloomer-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sebastian 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
Auburn (historical)2.8 miles25
Ursula3.2 miles22
Diamond Grove3.4 miles25
Lavaca3.4 miles25
Carnis4.6 miles21
Beverly5.4 miles22
Fidelity (historical)5.7 miles21
Central City6.3 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57394. 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.