Milrose, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Paraclifta Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71846. It stands on Bellville Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lockesburg 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 Lockesburg 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
83 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Milrose between 1997 and 2019, burning about 841 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 43 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 | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Milrose: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dequeen Rock Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| McKeller Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milrose in 7 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Hail | Milrose | - | Penny size hail reported about 6 miles south of Lockesburg. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Milrose | - | Tennis ball size hail reported near the intersection of U.S. Highway 71 and State Highway 2. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Milrose | - | Baseball size hail reported around 5 miles northwest of Ben Lomond. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milrose | - | A 65 mph wind gust was measured about 5 miles northwest of the Ben Lomond community. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Milrose | - | Nickel size hail was reported just northwest of the Ben Lomond community. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milrose | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a damaging downburst on Melrose Road south of Lockesburg, which snapped and uprooted several trees and pushed a low-topped metal barn about 30 feet and collapsed it. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Milrose | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellville | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Pennys | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Stringtown | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Lockesburg | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Dilworth | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Paraclifta (historical) | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Milford | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Walnut Springs | 6.0 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122551401 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58192. 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.




