BlockEvening Star, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Dalton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72425. The Survey maps it on the Delaplaine quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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 Gainesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Delaplaine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Paragould quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Evening Star between 1999 and 2005, burning about 154 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 1999 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 February 2004 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 November 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 96 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 Evening Star: 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown - Usfs Land | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Evening Star in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2011: 3 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Evening Star | $75,000 | A tornado touched down near Evening Star and continued northeast toward Beech Grove. At least twelve homes were damaged or destroyed. A church was also badly damaged. |
| January 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evening Star | $40,000 | A barn was blown down near Lafe. A 100 foot antenna was twisted. Several trees were knocked down. |
| October 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Evening Star | $5,000 | The tornado moved into Greene county from Randolph county and continued to move northeast. The tornado continued to lift up occasionally and then come back down. Some trees were knocked down. |
| May 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Evening Star | $1,000 | A tornado briefly touched down blowing down some trees. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Evening Star | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Jack | 0.2 miles | 14 | |
| Case (historical) | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Case | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Delaplaine | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Beech Grove | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Mollus (historical) | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Commissary (historical) | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Faulknerville | 5.9 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64793. 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.