Kirkland, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Bridge Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71751. It stands on Pine Log Creek. The Survey maps it on the Louann quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 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
- 1962 USGS Louann quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Louann quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
197 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Kirkland between 1997 and 2020, burning about 793 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 81 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kirkland in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 4 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 2023 | Hail | Kirkland | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Kirkland | - | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Hail | Kirkland | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Kirkland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Louann | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Elliott | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Frenchport | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Cross Roads | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Pace City | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Rendezvous | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Standard Umpstead | 7.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 50883. 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.







