BlockDegelow, Arkansas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Black Oak Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72419. The Survey maps it on the Rivervale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1941 USGS Marked Tree quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Marked Tree quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Rivervale quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Degelow in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2017: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Degelow | $500,000 | A tornado touched down just southwest of the business district in Caraway and moved northeast. The tornado lifted near the far northeastern edge of town. Significant structural damage occurred as a result of the tornado. Damage occurred to many roofs of homes, businesses, churches and a convenience store. Several dozens of trees were uprooted as well. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Degelow | $20,000 | Multiple power lines were snapped in half in Caraway. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Degelow | $15,000 | Outbuilding destroyed. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Degelow | $1,000 | A roof was blown off of a machine shed. A wall of the shed fell on some of the equipment in the shed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaw (historical) | 1.1 miles | 11 | |
| Deglow | 1.1 miles | 10 | |
| Lepanto Junction | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Waco (historical) | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Bunney | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Caraway | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Stier | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Mangrum | 3.0 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122559689 | 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 57635. 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.
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.