BlockHealth, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1992. It stands in South Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72727. It lies near Stringum Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Delaney quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1943 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1946 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Delaney quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
25 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Health between 1995 and 2020, burning about 545 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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 | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 27 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2012 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | BIG CEDAR |
| 5 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 205 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | BRANNON |
| 22 April 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 31 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 April 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | DELANEY CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Health in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2021: 2 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 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Health | $40,000 | The is the second segment of a two segment tornado. In Madison County, this tornado damaged chicken houses, damaged a home, and uprooted trees. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 85 to 95 mph. |
| October 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Health | - | This is the second segment of a two segment tornado. The tornado moved into Madison County, uprooting trees on the 4035 Road and on AR-295. Tree damage continued across Delaney Creek Road and the 4145 Road, before the tornado dissipated to the west of Highway 16. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 90 to 100 mph. |
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.
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 Health | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28153495 | 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 71953. 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.