BlockLoy, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in South Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72740. It lies near Rogers Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Kingston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 12 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.
- 1900 USGS Eureka Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Eureka Springs quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Kingston quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
32 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Loy between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,424 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | MAD14293469 |
| 4 April 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 90 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Loy: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.F.Hodges Property | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Fannie A Young | Lead, Zinc | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Loy in 1 storm report in 2011: 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 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Loy | $15,000 | A tornado damaged a home and uprooted trees. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on the damage was about 95 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Reynolds | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Weathers | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Wharton | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Purdy | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Truth (historical) | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Townsley (historical) | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Venus | 6.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58096. 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.