BlockChilson, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Little Texas Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72421. The Survey maps it on the Grubbs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Tuckerman quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Grubbs quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Tuckerman quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Chilson between 1999 and 2007, burning about 84 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 June 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 March 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 March 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 January 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 66 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chilson in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2022: 2 tornado, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Chilson | $8,000 | A brief tornado touched down and damaged a farm building. |
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Chilson | - | An intermittent tornado tracked through open fields. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Chilson | - | Quarter size hail was reported between Cash and Pitts off Highway 18. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Credit (historical) | 0.7 miles | 10 | |
| Risher | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Denton Island | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Riggs | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Fisher | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Cash | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Obear (historical) | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Otwell | 8.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64552. 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.