BlockLake View, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lester Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72437. The Survey maps it on the Dixie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1941 USGS Leachville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Leachville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Dixie quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Lake View between 1999 and 2017, burning about 41 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 October 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 October 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 October 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 October 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 January 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake View in 1 storm report in 1999: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Lake View | $5,000 | The tornado started in the northeast corner of Craighead county near the town of Dixie and travelled northeast into Greene county. Several trees were knocked down by the tornado. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lester | 1.0 miles | 10 | |
| Claunch | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Dixie | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| Upper Poplar Ridge | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Maysville (historical) | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Cane Island (historical) | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Burnt Hill | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Southland | 4.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 50951. 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.