BlockWyola, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in Crawford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72701. It lies near Tom Ritter Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Sulphur City quadrangle. It stands 1,801 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1898 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Sulphur City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Stilwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Wyola between 1999 and 2020, burning about 418 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 27 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2012 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | WAS14482574 |
| 5 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 205 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | BRANNON |
| 22 April 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 31 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 April 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wyola in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wyola | $25,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind damaged chicken houses, and snapped numerous large tree limbs. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arnett | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Porters Store (historical) | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Hazel Valley | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Carter (historical) | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Brentwood | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Hicks | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sunset | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sulphur City | 5.9 miles | 15 |
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 Wyola | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8040281 | 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 57241. 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.