BlockKeevil, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Keevil Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72021. The Survey maps it on the Keevil quadrangle. It stands 184 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1940 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Keevil quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Keevil between 2000 and 2007, burning about 99 acres in total. None 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 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 26 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 January 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keevil in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2026: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keevil | $80,000 | A shop building was destroyed and debris from the shop punctured a grain bin. Pieces of metal from the shop flew into a corn crop, shearing off plants. Two barns were damaged by flying debris. A fuel tank and spray rig were overturned. A tractor was damaged. Much of the metal roof was torn off a shed. Trees were blown down. |
| April 2026 | Tornado (EF2) | Keevil | - | This tornado developed near the community of Keevil near the|intersection of AR Hwy 17 and Hildson Lane near the Union Pacific|Rail Road tracks. Debris evidence began with large limbs down in|the tree-line, and then the tornado tracked generally east|towards US HWY 49 when several power poles were snapped, and a|house and out-building were damaged. The tornado then crossed|Stoops Road where it completely destroyed an vacant 1930s farm|house resting on cinder blocks. Several large oak trees around|the house were all snapped in half. Along Stoops Rd, 24 power|poles were snapped in half as the tornado crossed the road. The|tornado then crossed another tree-line damaging a few more trees|before dissipating in the fields near Mopac Road. This tornado|produced maximum estimated wind speeds of 120 mph, consistent|with an EF-2 rating. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allendale | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Bayless | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Lenoir (historical) | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Dobbs Landing | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Jeffries | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Stoops (historical) | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Emmons | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Eden | 5.5 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 Keevil | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6383349 | 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 61170. 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.