BlockElm Store, Arkansas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Dalton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72455. It stands on Curley Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dalton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Cherokee Village quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Elm Store between 1992 and 2019, burning about 692 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Elm Store: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elm Store in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Flood | Elm Store | - | Major flooding occurred along the Eleven Point River. State Highway 90 closed with flooding between Dalton and Ravenden Springs. Campgrounds along the river were impacted. Many roads in Randolph County were flooded. Extensive agricultural acreage inundated. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Den (historical) | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Dalton | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Oconee (historical) | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Warm Springs | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Yadkin (historical) | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Hamil | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Antioch | 9.4 miles | 8 | |
| Elevenpoint | 10.1 miles | 8 |
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 Q122570582 | 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 57717. 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.