BlockSidon, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Cadron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72137. It lies near Lookout Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Sidon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Sidon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Sidon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
78 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Sidon between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,507 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Smoking | 41 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2011 | Natural | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sidon: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
3 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sidon in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2014: 2 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidon | $10,000 | A house had damage to its roof and fascia. |
| December 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Sidon | - | A weak tornado was spawned over northern White County about 0.7 of a mile east of Sidon. The only damage noted along the track of the tornado consisted of some trees being snapped off. The tornado traveled to the northeast for about 2.5 miles before heading into Cleburne County. |
| January 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Sidon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pickens | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Turnip (historical) | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Joy | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Letona | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Gravel Hill | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Center Hill | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Hart | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Crosby | 7.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 54841. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.