BlockEden, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Brinkley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72021. The Survey maps it on the De Valls Bluff SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 15 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 De Valls Bluff 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 De Valls Bluff quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS De Valls Bluff SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS De Valls Bluff quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Eden between 1999 and 2016, burning about 269 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 | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 70 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 47 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | 122 acres | Central Arkansas Refuges Complex | BANKS |
| 16 June 2005 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 March 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Cache River National Wildlife Refuge | BULLTOWN |
| 17 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | LON859527 |
| 3 January 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.1 acres | Cache River National Wildlife Refuge | FIRST STREET |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eden in 1 storm report in 2012: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2012 | Hail | Eden | - | Hail ranged from .75 to .88 inch in diameter on Interstate 40. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57699. 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.