BlockFrenchmans Bayou, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1986. It stands in McGavock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72338. It stands on Frenchmans Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Frenchmans Bayou quadrangle. It stands 217 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1931 USGS Jericho quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Jericho quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Jericho quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Jericho quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Jericho quadrangle1:62500
- 1970 USGS Frenchmans Bayou quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Jericho quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Memphis West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frenchmans Bayou in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frenchmans Bayou | $20,000 | Straight-line winds snapped hardwood trees on West County Road 1246 in southern Mississippi County. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frenchmans Bayou | $15,000 | A tractor-trailer was blown over on I-55 near mile marker 32. |
| November 2002 | Tornado (F2) | Frenchmans Bayou | $10,000 | The tornado moved into Mississippi county from Crittenden county and continued northeast and eventually moved into Tipton county in Tennessee. Some trees were knocked down near the Crittenden county border. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frenchmans Bayou | $10,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down across Highway 61. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Thomas | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Joiner | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Dimple | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Sims (historical) | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Shawnee | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Denwood | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Westover | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Birdsong | 4.4 miles | 10 |
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 Frenchmans Bayou | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5502725 | 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 76978. 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.
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.