BlockHuffman, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Canadian Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72315. The Survey maps it on the Chic 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.
- 1939 USGS Hales Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Hales Point quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hales Point quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hales Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1972 USGS Chic quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Hales Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Huffman in 2017, burning about 3 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | GREAT RIVER ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huffman in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2017: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huffman | $20,000 | Porch removed from house and blown over a two-story house. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huffman | $10,000 | A factory lost part of its roof. |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huffman | $7,500 | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Huffman | $50 | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickman | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Hickman Landing | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Number Nine | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Armorel | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Barfield | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Burton | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Promised Land | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Tomato | 9.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57066. 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.