BlockOdell, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in Boston Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72717. It lies near Ashley Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Evansville quadrangle. It stands 1,644 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1898 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Stilwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
79 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Odell between 1992 and 2016, burning about 2,396 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 40 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 | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | JACKRABBIT |
| 4 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | HWY 59 NORTH |
| 6 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | BUG SCUFFLE FIRE |
| 5 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Odell in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2016 | Tornado (EF2) | Odell | 2 hurt, $300,000 | This is the third segment of a three segment tornado. In Washington County, this tornado destroyed several mobile homes, rolled a sport utility vehicle several hundred feet, destroyed outbuildings, severely damaged two homes, and snapped or uprooted numerous trees. Two people were injured when a double-wide mobile home they were in was rolled. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 120 to 130 mph. |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F3) | Odell | $80,000 | A significant long-track tornado first touched down 4 miles west of Short, OK, and tracked 39 miles to a point about 7 miles southwest of Fayetteville, AR. Along the way, this tornado passed through portions of four counties but mainly affected sparsely-populated areas. It reached its peak strength as an F3 tornado in extreme southeast Adair County, OK, but mainly caused F2 damage in Washington County, AR. Fortunately, this tornado lifted before it reached heavily-populated Fayetteville. The tornado's first real property damage took place at a property between the Hogeye and Strickland communities, where the tornado peeled off the roof to a home, shattered windows, uprooted trees, destroyed two barns, and wiped a porch off of its stone foundation. Numerous trees were blown down along County Roads 212 and 214. Only a few miles away in the Cove Creek community, south of Prarie Grove, the tornado blew off a home's roof, demolished an enclosed garage, and destroyed a barn. A flagpole was bent almost in half, and a road sign ended up wrapped around a mailbox. The tornado uprooted a 200-year old walnut tree which then fell onto a pickup truck. About a half-dozen other oak and cedar trees on one property dating back at least 150 years were snapped or uprooted. The Washington County Judge's Office supplied a picture of a church near Cove Creek that was moved off of its foundation. Several poultry buildings along the tornado's path were also damaged.The property damage listed in this entry is for just that damage sustained in Washington County, while the F-rating reflects the tornado's peak strength in Adair County, OK. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Odell | $50,000 | This tornado developed west of Bug Scuffle Road, where numerous trees were uprooted or snapped. It moved east, uprooting trees on Strickler Road, and then moved east as it approached Devil's Den State Park. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted in the park, some of which fell onto buildings. The tornado dissipated in rugged terrain east of Devil's Den Road. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph. |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous large tree limbs, removed siding from a trailer and damaged the roof|of a tin building. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | $200 | Several small trees were blown down. |
| December 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down numerous large tree limbs. |
| April 1999 | Flash Flood | Odell | - | County roads near Odell were flooded. Dye Creek Road in West Fork became impassable as the fast current of the West Fork of the White River flowed over the road. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Odell | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floss | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Evansville | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Skylight | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Tolu | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Morrow | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Strickler | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| Dutch Mills | 8.1 miles | 15 | |
| Clyde | 8.2 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Odell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7077626 | 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 72919. 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.