BlockTilton, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Brushy Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72347. The Survey maps it on the Tilton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Tilton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Tilton quadrangle1:62500
- 1980 USGS Tilton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Tilton in 2005, burning about 25 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Tilton: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tilton in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Tornado (F3) | Tilton | 4 hurt, $1,000,000 | The tornado moved into Cross County from Woodruff County near Tilton and moved east. Five homes were destroyed and four others were damaged in Tilton. Another three homes were damaged in Vanndale. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tilton | $250,000 | Several trees, houses, outbuildings and power poles damaged from north of Titon to south of Cherry Valley. |
| January 1999 | Hail | Tilton | $10 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tilton | - | Trees were blown down along HWY 49, just north of Fair Oaks. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen (historical) | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Wrape (historical) | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Fair Oaks | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Hickory Ridge | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Central | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Hamlin | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| L'Anguille | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Pittinger | 8.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78558. 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.