BlockFort Lynn, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Beech Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71837. The Survey maps it on the Doddridge NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1952 USGS Doddridge NW quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Magnolia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
101 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Fort Lynn between 1997 and 2020, burning about 905 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 34 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 | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | MIL15534247 |
| 19 September 1999 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fort Lynn in 1 storm report in 1994: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fort Lynn | $5,000 | Several pecan trees were uprooted by thunderstorm winds. |
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 Diamond | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Boggy | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Boggy (historical) | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Fairland | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Jonesville | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Spring Bank (historical) | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Doddridge | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Brightstar | 6.6 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122544629 | 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 76951. 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.