BlockWampoo, Arkansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Hill Township. The Survey maps it on the Keo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 18 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.
- 1891 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Camp Pike quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1939 USGS Keo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Keo quadrangle1:31680
- 1941 USGS Keo quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Keo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Keo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Wampoo between 2000 and 2017, burning about 121 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 February 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 December 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 January 2006 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wampoo in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2019: 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Wampoo | 2 hurt, $100,000 | This tornado destroyed two mobile homes along Scruggs Road, with two injuries occurring in one of these mobile homes. This tornado also severely damaged a metal farm building near the intersection of Tree and Flat Lake Lanes. Some trees were also snapped or blown over. This tornado then continued into Lonoke County. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wampoo | $150,000 | A house was flipped and destroyed on Scruggs Road. Two minor injuries were reported. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Wampoo | $40,000 | A tornado blew down a few trees and took much of the roof off of a barn. The tornado exited Pulaski County east-southeast of Wampoo and moved into Lonoke County west of the England Flying Service Airport. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bredlow Corner | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Dickey (historical) | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Estes | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Rottaken | 6.9 miles | 18 | |
| Woodson | 6.9 miles | 18 | |
| Hensley | 7.3 miles | 18 | |
| Wrightsville | 7.9 miles | 18 | |
| Tafton | 8.6 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122556645 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58825. 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.