BlockWestover, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72342. It sits by Kangaroo Point. The Survey maps it on the Friars Point NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 15 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.
- 1939 USGS Farrell quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Farrell quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Friars Point NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Farrell quadrangle1:62500
- 1984 USGS Clarksdale quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Clarksdale quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Westover between 1997 and 1998, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1998 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westover in 1 storm report in 2011: 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 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Westover | $2,000 | A weak tornado moved east-northeast from Coahoma County, Mississippi back into Phillips County. Several trees were knocked down. The tornado continued to move east-northeast and crossed back into Coahoma County, Mississippi. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Town | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Preston Place | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Modoc | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| Lakeview | 7.5 miles | 16 | |
| Oneida | 8.0 miles | 16 | |
| Helena Crossing | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| Hugo (historical) | 8.6 miles | 16 | |
| Wabash | 8.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65654. 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.