BlockSisemore, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Lonoke Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72086. It lies near Pocket Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Pocket Prairie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 14 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.
- 1940 USGS Lonoke quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Lonoke quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Lonoke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Pocket Prairie quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sisemore: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freshour G P Contrctr | Flagstone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sisemore in 14 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Sisemore | $20,000 | A car stalled in high water along Arkansas Highway 89 between Lonoke and Furlow. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sisemore | $15,000 | Trees were uprooted. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sisemore | $15,000 | Large oak trees were blown down. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sisemore | $5,000 | Five inch diameter tree limbs were blown down. Shingles were blown off a roof. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sisemore | $2,000 | A couple of trees were blown down. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sisemore | - | Damage from severe wind gusts resulted in damage to a garage door, large exterior porch, and multiple nearby power poles which were blown down north of Lonoke. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sisemore | - | Multiple power poles were broken in Lonoke. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Sisemore | - | Damage occurred to a garden. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sisemore | - | Large tree limbs were down. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Sisemore | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Sisemore | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Sisemore | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Sisemore | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Sisemore | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lonoke | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Brownsville | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| McCreanor | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Bayou Meto | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Carlisle | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Furlow | 7.6 miles | 15 | |
| Meto | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Eagle Park (historical) | 7.8 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122551874 | 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 69552. 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.
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.