BlockEdgewood, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Spring Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72355. The Survey maps it on the Rondo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 12 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.
- 1940 USGS Marvell quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Marvell quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rondo quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Helena quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Helena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Edgewood between 1999 and 2007, burning about 44 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2000 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | WEBB |
| 12 January 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | SANDERFER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edgewood in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2023: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Edgewood | $35,000 | The tornado caused intermittent damage in far Northern Phillips County, northwest of the town of Lexa. The tornado damaged outbuildings and lightweight structures along Highways 316 and 201. The tornado caused roof damage to a barn and downed wooden power poles along Highway 1 north of Lexa. Peak estimated wind 85 mph. |
| March 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Edgewood | - | A funnel cloud that moved over much of Phillips County touched down as a tornado briefly northwest of Lexa as it crossed Highway 1. An emergency manager along with several public spotters observed the tornado briefly touching down over open fields. No damage indicators were found and thus the tornado is rated as an EF-U. Nearby reports of damage were from straight-line winds that were associated with the same storm's rearflank downdraft. A special thanks goes out to Phillips County Emergency Management for their assistance during this survey. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Edgewood | - | MPING report: quarter-sized hail fell two miles northwest of Helena-West Helena. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Lexa | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Lexa Junction | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Lexa | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| North Creek (historical) | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Tyner (historical) | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Blackfoot | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Latour | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Walnut Corner | 5.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65565. 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.