Kizer, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Roane Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71826. The Survey maps it on the Bradley 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.
- 1952 USGS Bradley quadrangle1:24000, 6 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
81 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Kizer between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,008 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 23 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 | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Louisiana Office of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kizer: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kizer in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Kizer | $50,000 | A brief EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 90 mph touched down and tracked northeast to the west of Lake Erling, starting along Hood Road and lifting just after crossing Highway 160. The tornado could have begun slightly before Hood Road, but many trees crossing that road limited the survey team's access farther to the southwest. Damage was mostly to trees in the form of uproots, trunk snaps, and downing of large limbs. ||There were also a multitude of trees downed to the northeast in a widespread area around Lake Erling. Some trees produced structural damage as they fell on residences and the damage was attributed to straight line winds of 60 to 80 mph, not the tornado. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kizer | - | Trees were downed on Highway 29 near the Louisiana line. Trees were also downed on CR 71 near Shiloh Road. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kizer | - | A tree was downed on Highway 29 near the Arkansas/Louisiana state line. |
| March 2016 | Flash Flood | Kizer | - | Hwy. 9 was flooded and closed west and southwest of Bradley, Arkansas. |
| November 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kizer | - | A tree was downed on County Road southeast of Bradley, Arkansas. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kizer | - | Several trees downed south of town. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Walnut Hill | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Gin City | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Grants | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| State Line | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Burton Mill | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Canale | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| Canfield | 8.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57080. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.






