BlockWest Ridge, Arkansas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Little River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72391. The Survey maps it on the Rivervale quadrangle. It stands 226 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Marked Tree quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Marked Tree quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Rivervale quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of West Ridge in 1999, burning about 35 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Ridge in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | West Ridge | $50,000 | The tornado began near Highway 140 and West County Road 738 in the West Ridge community. A metal building and a home sustained minor damage and much of the roof was removed from the old school building on Highway 297 just east of Highway 140. The tornado continued northeast, depositing debris in the field downstream of the school, eventually crossing the intersection of Highways 140 and 136 on the east side of Three Way. Minor roof and tree damage was observed here with the tornado quickly lifting. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph. Thanks to NSSL for assistance with this damage survey. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Ridge | - | Damaging straight line winds moved from Eastern Poinsett County into portions of Western Mississippi County. The worst damage was found near West Ridge. Power poles were knocked down, a few trees were snapped and a cinder block garage was destroyed with the metal roofing blown over 200 yards from the building. In addition, a storage building received damage to the siding and a barn lost some shingles. Well pivots were turned over about 5 miles north of West Ridge. Power lines were knocked down in Etowah. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Way | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Helfer Landing | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Bondsville | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Etowah | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Athelstan | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Carrol Corner | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Milligan Ridge | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Mandalay | 6.8 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on West Ridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7986346 | 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 66888. 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.