BlockGrays, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cotton Plant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72101. The Survey maps it on the Grays quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1939 USGS Hunter quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Hunter quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hunter quadrangle1:62500
- 1971 USGS Grays quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Grays between 1992 and 2017, burning about 524 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 July 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 July 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 June 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | 155 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 June 2004 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grays in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2007: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | - | A few large trees were blown down. |
| November 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree on Highway 260 in the Revel Community. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grays | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 49615. 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.