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Whitlow, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Mill Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71635. The Survey maps it on the Crossett North quadrangle.

Whitlow within Ashley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

100 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Whitlow between 2001 and 2019, burning about 898 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 20 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Debris and open burning27
Arson/incendiarism20
Equipment and vehicle use12
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Natural2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2009Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresOverflow National Wildlife RefugeG.P.S. GIN CO.INC II

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ashley County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Whitlow: 14 unknowns, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Ashley County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitlow in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2009Thunderstorm WindWhitlow$2,000A line of severe storms caused down trees on Ashley Road, just off Highway 461, and along East Lincoln, and Jefferson Streets in Hamburg. Numerous trees were also down on Hancock Road in North Crossett.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWhitlow$1,000A power line was blown down along Ashley County Road 304.

Every storm recorded in Ashley County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Whitlow Junction1.7 miles10
Pugh1.9 miles10
Brushy (historical)2.9 miles10
Crossroad3.3 miles10
Stillions3.8 miles19
North Crossett4.4 miles10
West Crossett5.4 miles10
Milo5.6 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58876. 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.