BlockCobbs, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Lafayette Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72046. The Survey maps it on the Scott quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1891 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Camp Pike quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1942 USGS Scott quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Scott quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Scott quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Cobbs between 1997 and 2018, burning about 40 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 May 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cobbs: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cobbs in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF2) | Cobbs | 2 hurt, $3,000,000 | This tornado exited Pulaski County, east of Wrightsville, and entered Lonoke County, just northwest of Keo. Two houses and two farm shops near Keo had roof damage. In addition, two houses north of Keo were destroyed. Trees, power poles, and grain bins were blown down, and there was damage at a fish farm. Two farm shops in Pettus were damaged. Also, five large, steel, electrical transmission towers were partially to totally destroyed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wabbel | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Willow Belle | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Keo | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Toltec | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Hamiter | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Pettus | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| England | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Bevis Corner | 6.4 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 47876. 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.