BlockSheppard, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Water Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71838. It stands on Peavine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sheppard quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1951 USGS Sheppard quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Hope quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
91 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Sheppard between 1997 and 2019, burning about 864 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 43 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 | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sheppard in 2 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheppard | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged several chicken houses. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Sheppard | - | The I-30 Westbound right hand lane was closed due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wafers Crossing | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Sprudel | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Guernsey | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Powers | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Battlefield | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Spring Hill | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Fulton | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Thrasher (historical) | 5.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58611. 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.