BlockMangrum, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Black Oak Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72419. The Survey maps it on the Caraway 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 Caraway quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mangrum in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mangrum | $15,000 | Broken power poles along CR 850 on the southeast side of the tornado track. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mangrum | - | Straight line winds blew over road signs along Highway 135, north of Caraway. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mangrum | - | Straight line winds knocked down power lines between Black Oak and Caraway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deglow | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Caraway | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Hancock Junction | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Degelow | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Hancock | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Waco (historical) | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Black Oak | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Lepanto Junction | 3.7 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122568900 | 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 77587. 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.
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.