BlockMilligan Ridge, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Little River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72442. It stands on Milligan Ridge. 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
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milligan Ridge in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2014: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milligan Ridge | $60,000 | Straight line winds produced some minor damage to a farm shop building and a few grain bins in Milligan Ridge. Power lines were knocked down as well. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Milligan Ridge | - | Quarter size hail fell near Milligan Ridge. At least one farm lost 1200 acres of cotton to the hail storm. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milligan Ridge | - | Straight line winds produced damage from near Etowah, to south of Keiser, to the Mississippi River. Trees were knocked down all across Mississippi County. Power lines were also knocked down. A fire house in Etowah lost its roof due to the winds. A semi-truck was overturned near mile marker 41 on Interstate 55 south of Keiser. Winds were reported near 60 mph near the Mississippi River by amateur radio. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milligan Ridge | - | Straight line winds blew a shed down and knocked power lines down near Manila. An awning was blown off of a gas station on Main Street in Manila. Several limbs and a large tree was knocked down as well. Fifteen power poles were broken and thrown about a 100 feet into a field between Milligan Ridge and Manila. In addition, tree tops were damaged in the area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mandalay | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Etowah | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Vail | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Floodway | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Lennie | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Carrol Corner | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Shady Grove | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Three Way | 5.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 81927. 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.