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Eastwood, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71602. The Survey maps it on the Hardin quadrangle.

Eastwood within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

108 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Eastwood between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,167 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 21 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 burning38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Arson/incendiarism21
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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 2006Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2015Debris and open burning4.1 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Eastwood: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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
Jefferson County Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
McKenzie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eastwood in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
December 2012Thunderstorm WindEastwood$125,000A carport was torn off a house, another house had a small front porch blown off and some roof damage, and a few other houses had shingles taken off. Falling trees destroyed one car and damaged two others and also crushed a camping trailer. All of the aforementioned damage was near the intersection of Arkansas 365 and 104 in the Samples community. On the grounds of the Pine Bluff Arsenal, a number of trees were blown down or snapped off.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Samples0.3 miles14
Jefferson2.4 miles12
Dexter3.0 miles16
English Place3.6 miles12
Plain View3.9 miles16
Midway4.3 miles14
Kearney4.6 miles12
Hardin4.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60858. 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.