BlockSeaton, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Fletcher Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72046. It stands on Caney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Humnoke quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1937 USGS England quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1937 USGS England quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS England quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1975 USGS England SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Humnoke quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Seaton between 2000 and 2020, burning about 352 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 47 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 58 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | 117 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 March 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 February 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 February 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seaton in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2020: 2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Seaton | $40,000 | Part of a grain bin was blown in. Several power poles were snapped. A house sustained roof damage. A storage shed set into the ground with concrete was blown up and out of the ground about 100 feet. It ended up in several large trees and was completely destroyed. Part of the roof of a metal barn was peeled back. |
| October 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Seaton | - | An EF0 tornado touched down briefly in an open field. A storm chaser obtained video of the tornado. |
| October 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Seaton | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Seaton | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 61203. 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.