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Milo, Arkansas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Longview Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71646. It stands on Beech Creek. The Survey maps it on the Milo quadrangle.

Milo within Ashley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

67 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Milo between 2001 and 2017, burning about 916 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 22 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/incendiarism22
Equipment and vehicle use14
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Natural3
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 2010Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2010Arson/incendiarism145 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionASHLEY 179
23 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresOverflow National Wildlife RefugeG.P.S. GIN CO.INC II
2 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ashley County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Milo: 43 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Ashley County

Storms near this place

17 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milo in 17 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2018Flash FloodOld Milo$150,000Numerous roads were flooded across the county, along with water over some bridges. Arkansas Highway 8 was closed due to flooding between Hamburg and Parkdale. Highway 133 north of Crossett was closed due to flooding.
March 1998HailMilo$100,000Many houses and automobiles were damaged.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindMilo$75,000Four houses were damaged and four barns were demolished.
March 2016HailMilo$60,000Large amounts of golf ball sized hail damaged cars as well as some homes around Old Milo. Quarter sized hail occurred in and around Fountain Hill.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindMilo$50,000A few trees and a couple of power poles were blown down. One tree damaged the roof of a home.
October 2018Thunderstorm WindOld Milo$7,000A tree was blown down across Arkansas Highway 133 near County Road 95. A few additional trees were blown down along county roads in the Milo area.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindMilo$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindOld Milo$3,000A tree was blown down across Highway 133 near Milo.
August 2020Flash FloodOld Milo$2,000Water was over Ashley County Road 12.
November 2015Thunderstorm WindOld Milo$2,000Two trees were blown down on Highway 189 in the Milo Community.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindMilo$2,000Several trees were blown down..
July 2022Flash FloodOld Milo$1,000Water covered the road at the intersection of Highways 189 and 133.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindOld Milo$1,000One tree was blown down along Highway 133 near the Milo Community.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindMilo$1,000A few trees were blown down Highway 133.
April 2026Tornado (EF0)Old Milo-A very brief tornado occurred along County Road 498 in Ashley County. This tornado uprooted trees and caused wooden power poles to lean. The tornado crossed County Road 498 and dissipated in the field just after uprooting more trees. The tornado is rated EF-0 with winds of 85 MPH.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindOld Milo-A few trees were reported down across County Road 495.
December 2001Flash FloodMilo-Highway 189 near town flooded due to heavy rainfall.

Every storm recorded in Ashley 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
Beech Creek Crossing1.7 miles9
Old Milo3.2 miles9
Pugh3.9 miles10
Longview Crossing4.0 miles9
Crossroad4.7 miles10
Whitlow5.6 miles10
Stillions5.7 miles19
Whitlow Junction6.6 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57123. 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.