BlockHudspeth, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in District 3. It lies in ZIP code area 71638. The Survey maps it on the Jerome quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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 Lake Village quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Lake Village quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Lake Village NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Jerome quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Crossett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Hudspeth between 2005 and 2012, burning about 32 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 December 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 October 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hudspeth in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Hudspeth | $150,000 | This tornado began just east of US Highway 165 and north of Gibson Rd where a 120 ft tall radio antenna was blown over. The tornado continued north paralleling Highway 165. The tornado reached its strongest point just south of Bullock Rd, where a diesel tank was moved several yards through a sod farm and an irrigation pivot was overturned. The tornado lifted about a half mile north of Bullock Rd damaging a few power poles and snapping a tree along a driveway. The maximum estimated winds were 100 mph. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Hudspeth | $30,000 | Golf ball to tennis ball sized hail damaged a mobile home and blew out windows on Yocum Road. Another building was damaged as well. |
| December 2023 | Hail | Hudspeth | $20,000 | Hail as large as quarters fell across the area. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudspeth | $12,000 | Several trees and a few power lines were blown down across the central portion of the county. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudspeth | $10,000 | Several trees were blown down along Arkansas Highway 922. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hudspeth | - | A supercell storm moved out of Drew County near the Jerome community and produced a swath of winds of 70-80 mph across central Chicot County into and around Lake Village. Power lines and poles were down in the rural parts of the county. Most of the damage in Lake Village was around Mulberry Street. Here, multiple trees were uprooted across a few block radius. Power lines were down as well. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Hudspeth | - | An isolated severe storm produced a swath of quarter to golf ball sized hail across northern Chicot County. This storm continued to produce large hail as it crossed the Mississippi River into Washington County. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decker (historical) | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Deep Elm | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Dermott | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Maxey (historical) | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Constance (historical) | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Bellaire | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Macon Lake | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Halley Junction | 7.8 miles | 13 |
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 Q122562426 | 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 57954. 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.