BlockFerda, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Dudley Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72168. The Survey maps it on the Sherrill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1935 USGS Altheimer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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
- 1963 USGS Sherrill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS De Witt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Ferda between 2001 and 2020, burning about 249 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 130 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 December 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 November 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 42 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 November 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 48 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 January 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ferda in 5 storm reports between 2004 and 2012: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2012 | Flash Flood | Ferda | $25,000 | Areas around Tucker flooded, and flood waters approached Tucker Maximum Security Prison. Water seeped into the newly renovated chapel at the prison. |
| January 2012 | Hail | Ferda | - | Hail from quarter to walnut size fell on Arkansas 15. |
| January 2012 | Hail | Ferda | - | Hail from half dollar size to softball size fell. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferda | - | A hog barn was blown into the road just northwest of Ferda. |
| January 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Ferda | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tucker | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Secrest (historical) | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Sherrill | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Plum Bayou (historical) | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Gethsemane | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Wright | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Haywood | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Pastoria | 8.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57013. 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.