BlockGum Corner, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in District 7. It lies in ZIP code area 71640. The Survey maps it on the Eudora North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1936 USGS Eudora quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Eudora quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Eudora North quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Crossett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Gum Corner between 2001 and 2010, burning about 182 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 136 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | CARROLL HILL |
| 16 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 June 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gum Corner in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gum Corner | $20,000 | Trees and powerlines were reported downed in the area. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gum Corner | $5,000 | Damaging wind gusts associated with a line of thunderstorms broke a utility pole near AR Highway 159. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Gum Corner | - | Dime to quarter size hail fell on the north side of Eudora. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Ridge | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Chicot | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Chicot Junction | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Eudora | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Ross Van Ness | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Scaife (historical) | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Boeuf | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Hanna | 5.5 miles | 12 |
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 Q122592012 | 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 61749. 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.