BlockWattensaw, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72086. 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 Wattensaw between 1998 and 2019, burning about 452 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 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 |
| 12 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 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 |
| 30 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 32 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wattensaw in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2017: 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2009 | Flood | Wattensaw | 2 hurt, $40,000 | An elderly woman was rescued after her car was swept off Oakdale Rd. by flood waters from Wattensaw Bayou. Her husband had to be rescued after he went looking for his wife and had his vehicle swept off Arkansas Highway 13 by the same bayou. |
| July 2017 | Lightning | Wattensaw | $1,000 | Lightning struck a house on the 2100 block of Tippitt Road in Lonoke County. No injuries or structure fires reported. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wattensaw | - | Power lines were blown down along Hwy 236 around Clay Hill. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Park (historical) | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Woodlawn | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Oak Grove | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Waterproof | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Butlerville | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Carmel Estates | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Springs Estates | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Pine Hill Estates | 5.4 miles | 14 |
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 Q122570042 | 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 78706. 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.