BlockReadland, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in District 9. It lies in ZIP code area 71640. The Survey maps it on the Readland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1939 USGS Readland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Readland quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Readland quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Crossett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Readland between 2004 and 2011, burning about 75 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 March 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 February 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 February 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 November 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Readland in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Readland | $30,000 | The tin roof was blown off a house, and large tree branches were blown down. |
| March 2018 | Flood | Readland | $15,000 | Multiple roads were underwater across Chicot County. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Readland | - | Trees were reported down near Eudora. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Lake | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Sterling (historical) | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Hanna | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Eudora | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Indian | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Wellford | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Scaife (historical) | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Ross Van Ness | 7.8 miles | 12 |
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 Q122567646 | 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 53926. 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.