BlockIndex, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Garland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71854. The Survey maps it on the Ogden quadrangle. It stands 276 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1950 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
48 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Index between 1997 and 2019, burning about 919 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 130 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Index: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Index in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2022: 2 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Index | - | Numerous roads were flooded across both the Arkansas and Texas sides of Texarkana. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Index | - | Widespread flash flooding was reported throughout the Arkansas side of Texarkana. 12th, 18th, and 24th Streets were all barricaded and closed near Arkansas High School due to flooding. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Index | - | Excessive heavy rainfall during the month of May in the Red River Basin of Southern Oklahoma, Northern Texas and Southwest Arkansas resulted in very high water on the Red River bordering Little River, Hempstead, Lafayette and Miller Counties in Southwest Arkansas as well as Bowie County in Northeast Texas. Rainfall amounts during the month of May across the Upper and Middle Red River basins of Southern Oklahoma and Northern Texas totaled over 20 inches of rain. This excessive heavy rainfall resulted in Red River levels that eclipsed the flood of May, 1990 at Pecan Point and was just shy of the Red River flood of May of 1908 at Pecan Point. Downstream of Pecan Point at Index, Arkansas, the Red River rose above the 25 foot flood stage on May 28th and remained above that flood stage through the end of the month. The Red River at Index, Arkansas went above the 30 foot major flood stage on May 29th and remained above that stage through the end of the month. The Red River at Index, Arkansas did not crest until the month of June, 2015 so final crest information will be contained in the June, 2015 Storm Data report. Below Index, Arkansas at Fulton, Arkansas, the Red River rose above the 27 foot flood stage on May 30th and remained above flood stage through the end of the month. The river did not crest at Fulton, Arkansas until the month of June, 2015 so final crest information will be contained in the June, 2015 Storm Data report. Thousands of acres of pasture and and farm land were flooded and livestock had to be evacuated. Bank erosion was extreme on the Little River, Hempstead, Lafayette and Miller County sides of the Red River as well as the Bowie County side of the river. The United States Highway 259 bridge, Hwy 8 bridge and Hwy. 71 bridge going over the Red River were closed. The Interstate 30 bridge going over the Red River was threatened but not closed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paup | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| Mandeville | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Clear Lake Junction | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Texarkana | 7.3 miles | 21 | |
| Rondo | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Homan | 8.2 miles | 17 | |
| Lakewood Estates | 9.6 miles | 15 | |
| Gertrude | 10.1 miles | 15 |
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 Index | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6017782 | 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 57966. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.