BlockFairmount, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Belcher Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72160. The Survey maps it on the Stuttgart North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 15 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.
- 1937 USGS Stuttgart quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Stuttgart quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Stuttgart North quadrangle1:24000
- 1971 USGS Stuttgart quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Fairmount between 2000 and 2017, burning about 147 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 98 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 November 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairmount in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairmount | $40,000 | A farm shop under construction was blown down, microwave dishes on a communications tower were knocked out of alignment, a few large limbs were blown down, and tin was blown off a barn. |
| March 2018 | Flash Flood | Fairmount | - | Highway 343 was closed for 2.5 miles in southern Prairie County due to high water. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairmount | - | A trained spotter measured a 60 mph wind gust, which kicked up a lot of dust. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Fairmount | - | This tornado exited Lonoke County, southeast of Humnoke, and entered Prairie County, in the swampy area around Bayou Meto south of U.S. Highway 165. Damage was limited to some trees blown down in the swamp. This part of the tornado's track was determined by an Arkansas Forestry Commission fly-over. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Fairmount | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Fairmount | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kay | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Slovaktown (historical) | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Beecher (historical) | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Slovak | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Nahay (historical) | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Leighton (historical) | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| La Grue (historical) | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Balle (historical) | 6.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76898. 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.