BlockPalatka, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Brown-Carpenter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72422. The Survey maps it on the Datto quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1935 USGS Knobel quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Knobel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Datto quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Knobel quadrangle1:62500
- 1984 USGS Paragould quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Palatka between 1993 and 2018, burning about 45 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 March 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 February 1993 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 December 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178035-09143-12032018-2045 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Palatka in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 1999: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Palatka | $50,000 | The tornado started east of Palatka and travelled northeast. Several homes were damaged in the area. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Palatka | $750 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittman (historical) | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Success | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Twin Oaks | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Corning | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Datto | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Current View | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Moark | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Heelstring | 8.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 53129. 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.