BlockHawkins, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1992. It stands in L'Anguille Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72326. The Survey maps it on the Hawkins 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 Wynne quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Wynne quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Hawkins quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Memphis West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Hawkins quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Hawkins between 1999 and 2007, burning about 210 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 March 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 February 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 February 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 November 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 October 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 135 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 October 2003 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hawkins in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawkins | 1 killed, 1 hurt | A violent thunderstorm with downburst winds estimated at 70 to 80 mph lifted and rolled a double wide home on County Road 267 about 3 miles west of Caldwell. The mobile home traveled 70 feet where it finally landed on its roof. The mobile home was completely destroyed. A couple of vehicles were also heavily damaged. The downburst also removed a large part of the roofing material from the Country Hearth Inn near the interchange of Interstate 40 and Highway 1B in Forrest City. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wadell (historical) | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Slonikers Mill | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Macedonia | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Telico (historical) | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Pinetree | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Union Hill | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Shiloh | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Caldwell | 5.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 83165. 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.