BlockNewcastle, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Johnson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72335. It sits by Burnt Mill Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Madison quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1940 USGS Whitmore quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Whitmore quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Whitmore quadrangle1:62500
- 1965 USGS Whitmore quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Memphis West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Newcastle between 1998 and 2020, burning about 276 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 53 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newcastle in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2016: 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death. 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 2016 | Flood | Newcastle | 1 killed | Heavy rain in late 2015 caused flooding along the St. Francis River through much of January. The St. Francis went above the action stage of 29 feet on the afternoon of January 3, 2016 and then climbed above the flood stage of 32 feet on January 6, 2016. The river remained above flood stage until January 16, 2016. A man was swept away after driving into a flooded road near Newcastle during the late afternoon of January 3, 2016. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Newcastle | $752,000 | Heavy rain during late April into early May caused the St. Francis River at Madison and L'Anguille River at Palestine to rise to near record levels. The river remained above flood stage through the end of May. Several homes sustained minor damage from the flooding. Several roads were closed and/or damaged. Several hundred acres of cropland was flooded. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newcastle | - | Large tree down across County Road 320 in Newcastle. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Cliff | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Kinton | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Harris | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Cottonwood Corner | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Colt | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Clarks Corner | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Hicks Station | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Round Pond | 6.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 83235. 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.
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.