BlockEthel, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72048. The Survey maps it on the Ethel quadrangle. It stands 177 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1939 USGS Indian Bay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Indian Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Ethel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Indian Bay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS De Witt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Ethel between 2003 and 2006, burning about 80 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2004 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 December 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge | SMOKEHOUSE |
| 25 January 2003 | Debris and open burning | 70 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ethel in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2018: 3 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ethel | - | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down along Hwy. 17 near Ethel. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Ethel | - | no account filed |
| October 2010 | Hail | Ethel | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Ethel | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Ethel | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hortons Landing | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Van | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| La Grue Springs | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Saint Charles | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Deluce | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Sheppard Point | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Prairie Union | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Stinking Bay | 8.9 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Ethel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5403049 | 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 48920. 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.