BlockAberdeen, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Roc Roe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72134. It stands on Roc Roe Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Aberdeen quadrangle. It stands 61 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 16 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.
- 1935 USGS Clarendon quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Clarendon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Clarendon quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Clarendon quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Aberdeen between 1996 and 2019, burning about 286 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge | RED CAT ROAD |
| 10 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | 135 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | MON1587631 |
| 1 February 2003 | Smoking | 65 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 January 1998 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Aberdeen: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ark St Hwy Dept Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mobley Cnstrctn Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roe | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Burma (historical) | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Duncan | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Clarendon | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Holly Grove | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Park Grove | 9.2 miles | 14 | |
| Jeffries | 9.3 miles | 16 | |
| Deep Elm | 10.0 miles | 14 |
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 Aberdeen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21197712 | 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 45773. 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.