BlockSeyppel, Arkansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Lucas Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72348. The Survey maps it on the Horseshoe Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 19 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.
- 1931 USGS Horseshoe Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Horseshoe Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Horseshoe Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Horseshoe Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Horseshoe Lake NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Horseshoe Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Helena quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Helena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Seyppel between 1996 and 1999, burning about 59 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 March 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 45 acres | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 March 1996 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seyppel in 1 storm report in 2025: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seyppel | $40,000 | Severe roof damage to a home on Northwood Dr with part of the roof collapsing into the home. Several other homes experienced roof damage with several trees down across the area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe Lake | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Bruins | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Thompson Grove | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Pinckney | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Beck | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Highland Farm | 6.6 miles | 19 | |
| Irby (historical) | 6.6 miles | 19 | |
| Thompson | 7.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 67827. 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.