BlockVallier, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Barton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72073. The Survey maps it on the Humphrey SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1941 USGS Goldman quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Humphrey SW quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1969 USGS Humphrey quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS De Witt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Vallier between 1999 and 2017, burning about 61 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 December 2005 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 January 2000 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vallier in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Flash Flood | Vallier | - | Flash flooding reported via mPing. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Vallier | - | A section of Hwy. 343 was closed due to high water. |
| May 2016 | Flood | Vallier | - | Heavy rains surged the Ouachita River stage at Camden into flood for the first part of May. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Bayou (historical) | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Lodge Corner | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Abeles (historical) | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Hagler | 7.5 miles | 15 | |
| Roberts (historical) | 7.5 miles | 15 | |
| Humphrey | 7.6 miles | 15 | |
| Eldridge Corner | 8.7 miles | 14 | |
| Goldman | 9.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58792. 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.