BlockThurman, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Hickory Plain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72176. The Survey maps it on the Wattensaw 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 Wattensaw quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Thurman between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,021 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | WHI17938919 |
| 2 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 80 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 June 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 June 2010 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thurman in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thurman | $2,000 | A tree was blown down. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thurman | - | Multiple trees were blown down near the community of Hickory Plains. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thurman | - | Trees were down. One tree was on a mobile home. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Plains | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Edwards | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Crossroad | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Mooresville (historical) | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Hayley | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Uzzett (historical) | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Barrettsville | 10.2 miles | 15 | |
| Fourmile Corner | 11.6 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60055. 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.