Vick, Arkansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 7. It lies in ZIP code area 71647. The Survey maps it on the Vick quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1934 USGS Ingalls quadrangle1:48000
- 1937 USGS Ingalls quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Ingalls quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Vick quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
48 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Vick between 2001 and 2020, burning about 2,929 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 4 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 | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,509 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | SINGLETON CREEK |
| 16 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Vick: 7 producers. All of them still produce. 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 Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vick in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2018: 5 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Vick | $2,000 | This tornado was spawned by Tropical Storm Ike. A few trees were blown down. The intermittent nature of the tornado's path indicated that the tornado was ill-formed and dipped up and down. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vick | - | Trees were blown down. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Vick | - | Penny sized hail fell in Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge. |
| April 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Vick | - | A weak tornado moved out of Union County (Shreveport County Warning Area) into Bradley County about 10 miles southwest of Vick. The tornado traveled to the northeast across the Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge before moving into Ashley County (Jackson County Warning Area) near Lake Georgia Pacific. The only damage noted along the path of the tornado were numerous trees snapped off or blown down. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Vick | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Vick | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Vick | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | Vick | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Vick | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sturgis (historical) | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Broad | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Wilcox (historical) | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Ingalls | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Pine Island Landing | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Johnsville | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Moores Mill | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Ferrell (historical) | 5.8 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57221. 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.









