Kimball, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Wilmot Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71676. The Survey maps it on the Wilmot quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1935 USGS Wilmot quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Wilmot quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Wilmot quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Crossett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2002 USGS Wilmot quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Kimball between 1992 and 2016, burning about 166 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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 | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Overflow National Wildlife Refuge | FARM FIRE #3 |
| 18 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2011 | Natural | 14 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 July 2013 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Overflow National Wildlife Refuge | OVERFLOW WHEAT LIGHTNING |
| 13 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 July 2011 | Natural | 14 acres | Overflow National Wildlife Refuge | OXBONE |
| 19 November 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 54 acres | Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge | OVO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kimball in 5 storm reports between 2006 and 2013: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kimball | $8,000 | A few downed trees damaged some roofs around Wilmot. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kimball | $7,000 | A few trees and large limbs were blown down on power lines. |
| October 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kimball | $3,000 | A power line was blown down. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Kimball | - | Penny size hail fell in Wilmot with some possibly larger stones. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Kimball | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmot | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Matoka (historical) | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Millers Chapel | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Parkdale | 7.4 miles | 17 | |
| Berlin | 9.0 miles | 11 | |
| Sunshine | 11.9 miles | 16 | |
| Elon (historical) | 12.9 miles | 11 | |
| Rawls | 13.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58018. 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.






