BlockLaconia, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Mississippi Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72328. The Survey maps it on the Laconia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1930 USGS Mellwood quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Mellwood quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Mellwood quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Mellwood quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Mellwood quadrangle1:62500
- 1982 USGS Laconia quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Clarksdale quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Clarksdale quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
47 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Laconia between 2005 and 2017, burning about 1,252 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 20 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 | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 27 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 58 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Laconia in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Flood | Laconia | $5,000 | Areal flooding in Desha County diminished after levels on the Mississippi and White Rivers receded. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deerfield | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Snow Lake | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Knowlton | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Henrico (historical) | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Lorays | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Stimson | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Mozart | 8.7 miles | 15 | |
| White River | 13.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58030. 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.