BlockSunset, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in Reed Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72959. It lies near Keets Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Brentwood quadrangle. It stands 2,277 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1898 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Brentwood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Stilwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Sunset between 1992 and 2019, burning about 837 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 27 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2012 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 205 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | BRANNON |
| 5 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | not named |
| 27 April 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | not named |
| 22 April 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 31 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 April 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sunset in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2022: 3 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Sunset | $100,000 | This is the first segment of a two segment tornado. The tornado developed east of Winslow, just to the west of Winfrey Valley Road, where a barn was damaged, a few trees were uprooted, and large tree limbs were snapped. The tornado moved just north of east along Sunset Road where a mobile home was shifted off its foundation and windows were broken, a chicken house was destroyed, and trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado then moved across heavily wooded terrain that was inaccessible by road to the Madison County line, beyond which it continued. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 95 to 105 mph. |
| November 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Sunset | $2,000 | This tornado developed and moved across highly rugged and wooded terrain. It uprooted trees and snapped a few power poles. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph. |
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Sunset | - | This is the first of two segments of this tornado. In Washington County, this tornado uprooted trees and snapped large tree limbs. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 85 to 95 mph. The tornado continued into Madison County. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porters Store (historical) | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Hazel Valley | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Wyola | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Arnett | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Brentwood | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Winslow | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Carter (historical) | 8.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hicks | 9.1 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Sunset | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7641188 | 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 78505. 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.