BlockLight, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Dalton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72476. The Survey maps it on the Walcott quadrangle. It stands 262 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1940 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Walcott quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Paragould quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Light between 2003 and 2005, burning about 102 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 November 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 96 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 Light: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Light in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 3 hail, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Tornado (EF0) | Light | $125,000 | A tornado began just south of Highway 412, damaging a grain bin and snapping a few trees along County Road 300. The tornado then caused damage to a camper along County Road 208. This tornado continued east-northeast and damaged an outbuilding on County Road 205 and caused tree damage at the intersection of County Road 205 and 214. This tornado resulted in EF-0 damage with 85 mph winds. The tornado lifted east of County Road 214. |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Light | $50,000 | A tornado crossed in from Lawrence county and moved northeast toward the town of Light. Several houses were damaged or destroyed. A few trees and power lines were knocked down. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Light | $25,000 | One business lost its roof. Several trees were blown down. |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Light | $8,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and caused minor damage to one home in the Light community. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Light | $750 | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Light | $10 | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Light | - | Funnel cloud spotted around Walcott and Light. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Light | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faulknerville | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Walnut Corner | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Walcott | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Ebenezer | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Stanford | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Lorado | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Fontaine | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Commissary (historical) | 6.2 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Light | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q11705665 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77496. 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.