BlockWhipple, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Bradley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72013. It lies near Rabbit Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Bee Branch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 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.
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Bee Branch quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Bee Branch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Conway quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1991 USGS Bee Branch quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
141 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Whipple between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,119 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 72 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 72 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | DOCS LANE |
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 55 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Whipple: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whipple in 1 storm report in 2010: 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 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Whipple | $60,000 | This tornado exited Conway County east of Austin and entered Van Buren County north-northwest of Whipple. A motor home and three recreational vehicles were blown over. Trees were blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rabbit Ridge | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Formosa | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Southside | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Bee Branch | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Damascus | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| East Mountain (historical) | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Gravesville | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Culpepper | 7.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58863. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.