BlockAbeles, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Henton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72073. The Survey maps it on the Stuttgart South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1941 USGS Goldman quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Stuttgart South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Humphrey quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS De Witt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Abeles (historical) between 2005 and 2017, burning about 67 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 March 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 December 2005 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 November 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goldman | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Roberts (historical) | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Humphrey | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Ricusky | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Stuttgart | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| South Stuttgart | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Yoder | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| North Stuttgart | 7.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62149. 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.