BlockPonders, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Promised Land Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72476. The Survey maps it on the Walnut Ridge 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.
- 1932 USGS Walnut Ridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Walnut Ridge quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Walnut Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1968 USGS Walnut Ridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1984 USGS Paragould quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Ponders between 2003 and 2016, burning about 157 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 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 November 2016 | Debris and open burning | 21 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 October 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 76 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2026Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ponders in 1 storm report in 2026: 1 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 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ponders | - | Multiple power poles fell in the vicinity of Sedgwick. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sedgwick | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Hoxie | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Walnut Ridge | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Aa Junction | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Dicus | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Lindsey | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Bessie (historical) | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Minturn | 7.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58410. 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.