BlockIndian Bay, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Montgomery-Smalley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72069. It stands on Indian Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Turner quadrangle. 15 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 154 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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 Indian Bay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Indian Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Turner quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Indian Bay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS De Witt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Indian Bay between 1995 and 2017, burning about 52 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge | HIGHWAY 1 |
| 24 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge | BUCK LAKE |
| 1 August 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge | OLD HWY 17 |
| 4 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge | WILLOW LAKE LEVEE |
| 7 October 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge | STORAGE SHED QUARTERS 6 |
| 30 October 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge | INDIAN BAY |
| 25 October 2000 | Smoking | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Indian Bay in 4 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian Bay | $50,000 | Damage occurred to a mobile home and roof damage occured to a home. A small shed was blown away. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian Bay | $500 | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree. |
| May 1993 | Hail | Indian Bay | - | Hail up to dime-size caused damage to a cotton crop. The hail fell for approximately 15 minutes and accumulated to several inches deep. |
| July 2005 | Hail | Indian Bay | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowpens (historical) | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Cross Roads | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Connells Point | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Mayos | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Creigh | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Lawrenceville | 10.6 miles | 14 | |
| Ragtown | 11.1 miles | 14 | |
| Deep Elm | 12.2 miles | 14 |
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 Indian Bay | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14680946 | 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 77268. 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.