BlockKiblah, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Sulphur Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71834. The Survey maps it on the Doddridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1952 USGS Doddridge quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Magnolia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
124 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Kiblah between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,440 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 48 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 | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 277 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | MILLER-LA |
| 4 September 2011 | Smoking | 58 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kiblah in 14 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 hail, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Kiblah | $200,000 | High water near two feet was reportedly across Hwy. 71 just north of Ida inside the Miller County Arkansas line but south of the Hwy 549/71 interchange south of Doddgridge. Hwy. 71 south of Hwy. 549 and north of Ida has been closed. Up to 30 additional County Roads were damaged from flood waters. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiblah | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiblah | - | Tree downed across Highway 71 near mile marker 1 in southern Miller County along with other sporadic downed trees across the county. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiblah | - | Trees downed along Highway 71 just north of the Louisiana state line. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiblah | - | Straight-line winds were confirmed along a wide swath extending from Cass County, Texas across southern Miller County and into Lafayette County where trees were uprooted and snapped along a path measuring 3.5 miles wide and 31 miles long. Winds were estimated to be as high as 100 mph. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiblah | - | Trees were downed near Kiblah, Arkansas. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiblah | - | A tree was downed on Hwy. 71 near the Louisiana/Arkansas state line. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiblah | - | Numerous trees down across U.S. Hwy 71. |
| January 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Kiblah | - | Tornado tracked across unpopulated wooded and farmland areas. |
| January 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Kiblah | - | HP supercell moved northeast along a northeast-southwest orientated cold front. This supercell was in a transition into a squall line with a line-echo wave pattern on doppler radar. A family of 6 weak tornadoes were produced across 2 states and 5 counties with this system. Damage consisted of numerous snapped and fallen small trees. The damage path was in a wooded region away from any population with few structures present. |
| January 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Kiblah | - | Remnants of an HP supercell moved eastward as it made a transition into a fast moving squall line. A family of 6 weak tornadoes were produced across 2 states and 5 counties with this system. Damage consisted of numerous snapped and fallen small trees. The damage was in a wooded region away from any population with few structures present. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiblah | - | Numerous trees and powerlines down along Hwy 71. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Kiblah | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiblah | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smithville | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Doddridge | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Spring Bank (historical) | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Capps City | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Era (historical) | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Black Diamond | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Brightstar | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Ravanna | 7.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57077. 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.