BlockMellwood, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Mooney Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72367. The Survey maps it on the Mellwood quadrangle. 21 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 161 feet above sea level.
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 Mellwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Clarksdale quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Clarksdale quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mellwood in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2007: 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mellwood | $5,500 | Straight line winds produced some damage between Mellwood and Elaine. In Mellwood, roof shingles were blown off a house and a tv antenna was also blown over. In Elaine, pieces of a tin roof were blown off a barn. A large tree was also blown down. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Mellwood | $250 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catron | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Lundell | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Mosby Spur | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| New Hope (historical) | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Ratio | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Offutt Landing | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Mary Spur | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Crumrod | 5.2 miles | 16 |
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 Mellwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6813216 | 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 58161. 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.