BlockMills, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wells Bayou Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71639. The Survey maps it on the Gould quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1935 USGS Rotan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Gould quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Rotan quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Dumas quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
3 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mills in 3 storm reports between 2020 and 2023: 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Flash Flood | Mills | - | Several miles of Hwy. 83 flooded northwest of Dumas. |
| January 2020 | Flash Flood | Mills | - | ARDOT reported Hwy 83 and Hwy 54 south of Gould were closed due to high water. Time was estimated from radar. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Mills | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flynn | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Gould | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Champion (historical) | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Avery | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Garrett Bridge | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Gourd | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Cades | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Rose Hill | 7.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64071. 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.