BlockWaterproof, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Totten Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72024. It stands on Browns Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wattensaw quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 14 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 Lonoke quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Lonoke quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Lonoke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Wattensaw quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Waterproof between 1998 and 2019, burning about 427 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 13 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | 127 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | 85 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | PRA1196619 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waterproof in 2 storm reports in 2009: 2 hail. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wattensaw | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Eagle Park (historical) | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Woodlawn | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Butlerville | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Oak Grove | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Brownsville | 8.2 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Springs Estates | 8.4 miles | 14 | |
| McCreanor | 8.6 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 61327. 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.