BlockReydell, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Villemont Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72133. It stands on Little Bayou Meto. The Survey maps it on the Reydell quadrangle. It stands 180 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1935 USGS Varner quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Reydell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Varner quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS De Witt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Reydell in 2002, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 January 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reydell in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2021: 4 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Reydell | - | The NWS Little Rock survey team found evidence of an EF-2 tornado in Jefferson and Arkansas counties. This tornado likely began near Reydell in Jefferson County where power poles were snapped near the intersection of State Hwy 11 and Gibson Road. It travelled 3.31 miles northeast crossing Bayou Meto near the southwest corner of Rodgers Reservoir, moving into Arkansas County. Witnesses reported the tornado, and video was captured and shared through social media. ||The National Weather Service of Little Rock visited the affected area, with the most damage at a rice production plant. Metal was torn off of buildings and grain bins, a roof collapsed, and a shop was destroyed. Thirty or so utility poles were snapped. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reydell | - | Power lines were blown down in Reydell with the intersection of Highway 11 and Gibson Road closed. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reydell | - | A carport was blown over and landed in a living room. |
| September 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Reydell | - | A weak tornado moved from Arkansas County into southeast Jefferson County. The tornado moved to the northwest around the remnants of Hurricane Rita. Estimated winds with the tornado were about 60 mph. The tornado caused mostly tree damage before dissipating about 7.5 miles southeast of Reydell. The tornado was on the ground for only 1.5 miles in Jefferson County. |
| December 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Reydell | - | A weak tornado (F0) touched down briefly southeast of Reydell. The only damage noted were the tops of several trees that were twisted out and a large tree limb that fell onto a mobile home. |
| December 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Reydell | - | A weak tornado touched down briefly to the southeast of Reydell. Several dozen trees were blown down at Farelly Lake. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Reydell | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reydell | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Hail | Reydell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waldstein (historical) | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Langford | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Hannaberry | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Birmac | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Farelly Lake | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Anrep (historical) | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| English | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Clements (historical) | 5.6 miles | 16 |
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 Reydell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14681382 | 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 53994. 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.