BlockMilford, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Red Colony Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71846. It lies near Steele Hill. The Survey maps it on the Silver Ridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1951 USGS Silver Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
71 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Milford between 1997 and 2019, burning about 605 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 34 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 | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2000 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 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 Milford: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKeller Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milford in 1 storm report in 2024: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Milford | $500 | A brief landspout tornado was captured on video briefly touching down along Red Colony Road several miles southeast of Lockesburg, where it snapped small branches and tore off a small portion of the roof of a poorly constructed detached exterior carport. A few shingles were also removed from the the roof of an adjacent single family home. The landspout then crossed a hay meadow and snapped a small limb off of a hardwood tree before lifting along TJ King Road. Estimated maximum winds were 65 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowlingsville | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Bellville | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Pennys | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Cornhill (historical) | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Milrose | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Lockesburg | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Ben Lomond | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Paraclifta (historical) | 6.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57118. 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.