BlockTrafalgar, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bayou Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71658. The Survey maps it on the Snyder quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1935 USGS Mist quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Mist quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Snyder quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Crossett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Trafalgar between 2001 and 2016, burning about 409 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 April 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 April 2007 | Natural | 17 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 March 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trafalgar in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2018 | Hail | Trafalgar | $50,000 | A swath of hail occurred in Ashley County as a severe thunderstorm tracked southeast. Half dollar sized hail occurred in Montrose. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trafalgar | - | A power line was blown down. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Trafalgar | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Trafalgar | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57214. 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.