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Millwood, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 9. It lies in ZIP code area 71822. It stands on Buster Creek. The Survey maps it on the Red Bluff quadrangle.

Millwood within Little River County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

39 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Millwood between 1997 and 2017, burning about 695 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 12 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/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning7
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2011Arson/incendiarism124 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionRED BLUFF
8 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2011Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2011Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Little River County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Millwood: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Little River County

Storms near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Millwood in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2020: 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMillwood-Trees were blown down on Red Bluff Road.
December 2018Thunderstorm WindMillwood-A tree was blown down blocking a road near Millwood Lake.
October 2012Thunderstorm WindMillwood-Several trees were downed along a line from Wilton, to Fulton, to near Lake Millwood.
April 2010HailMillwood-Quarter size hail was observed at Beards Bluff Park just east of Millwood Dam.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindMillwood-Trees were downed all around Millwood Lake.

Every storm recorded in Little River County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Cole1.4 miles15
Fomby1.5 miles11
Red Bluff2.2 miles15
Long2.5 miles11
Orton3.6 miles15
Yarborough Landing3.9 miles11
Jacks Isle5.0 miles11
Peytonville5.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57122. 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.