BlockCasscoe, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Keaton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72026. It sits by Preston Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Aberdeen quadrangle. It stands 200 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 16 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.
- 1935 USGS Clarendon quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Clarendon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Clarendon quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Clarendon quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Casscoe between 1998 and 2019, burning about 313 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 | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge | COOKS ROAD |
| 13 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge | PINE BARK WILDFIRE |
| 27 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | 135 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | MON1587631 |
| 1 February 2003 | Smoking | 65 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 November 2003 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Casscoe in 17 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 5 hail, 5 flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Casscoe | $50,000 | U.S. Highway 165 was flooded between DeWitt and Gillett, causing several vehicles to be swept off the road. Arkansas Highways 11, 276, and 153 were flooded as well. A water rescue was necessary on Pittman Road southeast of DeWitt. The county judge estimated that 90% of county roads had water on them. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Casscoe | $10,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Casscoe | $5,000 | Trees were blown down at several locations between Casscoe and Preston Ferry. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Casscoe | $5,000 | Levels on the White River finally receded by the end of June, allowing areal flooding to diminish in Arkansas County. |
| January 2025 | Flood | Casscoe | - | The Cache River re-entered minor flood stage on the final day of January and would remain above flood stage into the month of February. No crest was observed at this site on the final day of January. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Casscoe | - | Minor flooding was observed along the White River at Clarendon. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Casscoe | - | Hail was measured at 1.75 inches three miles west of Casscoe. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Casscoe | - | Multiple trees uprooted or snapped just west of Casscoe. |
| May 2018 | Flood | Casscoe | - | Flooding continued from April on the Cache River at Patterson. |
| October 2009 | Flood | Casscoe | - | Flash flooding which began early on the 30th became widespread areal flooding later in the day. |
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Casscoe | - | Water was reported over Arkansas Highway 33. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Casscoe | - | Large limbs were down. |
| May 2006 | Flash Flood | Casscoe | - | Heavy rains resulted in some street flooding in Casscoe. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Casscoe | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Casscoe | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Casscoe | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Casscoe | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Ferry | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Plainview | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Lookout | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Adams | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| LaGrue | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Crocketts Bluff | 8.0 miles | 17 | |
| Immanuel | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Holdridge | 9.0 miles | 13 |
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 Casscoe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5049282 | 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 76546. 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.