BlockHamiter, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Williams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72142. The Survey maps it on the Scott quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1891 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Camp Pike quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1942 USGS Scott quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Scott quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Scott quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Hamiter between 1997 and 2018, burning about 112 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 March 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 March 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 62 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 March 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hamiter in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2019: 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Hamiter | $1,000 | The tornado blew down a few trees and snapped limbs off in a couple of areas, but most of the tornado's track was across open farm fields. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamiter | - | Trees and power lines were down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toltec | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Willow Belle | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Scott | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Wabbel | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Walkers Corner | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Cobbs | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Country Club | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Keo | 5.1 miles | 18 |
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 Q122561636 | 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 57045. 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.