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Old 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. The Survey maps it on the Milo quadrangle.

Old 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

88 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Old Milo between 2001 and 2019, burning about 1,736 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 33 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/incendiarism33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
30 September 2010Arson/incendiarism145 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionASHLEY 179
26 September 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined755 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionFOUNTAIN HILL
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2012Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2005Arson/incendiarism21 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2010Arson/incendiarism36 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 49 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Old Milo: 49 unknowns. 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
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

9 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Old Milo in 9 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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 Crossing3.0 miles9
Milo3.2 miles9
Longview Crossing3.9 miles9
Fountain Hill4.8 miles9
Crossroad4.9 miles10
Pugh5.4 miles10
Roark5.9 miles9
Martinville6.3 miles10

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 Q122595444The 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 77908. 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.