BlockFlag, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72645. It stands on Bradshaw Branch. The Survey maps it on the Oxley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1892 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Oxley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
118 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Flag between 1998 and 2020, burning about 6,386 acres in total. None started naturally. 58 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 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 Flag: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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.
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flag in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Flag | $10,000 | This tornado started in the southeast corner of Searcy county. The tornado uprooted several trees along its path, along with ripping roof panels off of a barn, and damaging others. It tracked northeast for 2.4 miles. |
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.
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 Flag | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18326183 | 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 57015. 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.