BlockEssex, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72012. It stands on Hazelwood Branch. The Survey maps it on the Floyd quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Floyd quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Floyd quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
39 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Essex between 1998 and 2020, burning about 544 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Smoking | 13 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Essex in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2017: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Essex | $15,000 | Large trees were down on Arkansas Highway 31. |
| February 2017 | Hail | Essex | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essex (historical) | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Antioch | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| McRae | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Beebe | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Brundige (historical) | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Garner | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Barrentine Corner | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Jarta (historical) | 6.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 81636. 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.