BlockYale, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Batson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72949. It stands on Little Mulberry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Yale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1906 USGS Batson quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Yale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Yale between 1992 and 2018, burning about 363 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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 | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 July 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | SINCLAIR #3 |
| 13 May 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | BIG FLAT |
| 7 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 6.2 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | YALE |
| 4 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | WATERFALL |
| 3 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | CLEAR CREEK |
| 22 April 2000 | Natural | 20 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | PEA PRONG |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yale in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 flash flood. 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 2008 | Flash Flood | Yale | - | Street flooding occurred across the 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batson | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Linville (historical) | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Friley | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Oark | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Oak Grove | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Dale (historical) | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| White Oak | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Catalpa | 6.7 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 74220. 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.