BlockArkansas, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Arkansas Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72055. It sits by Ecores Rouges. The Survey maps it on the Arkansas Post quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Arkansas
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Arkansas Post National MemorialNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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 Gillett 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
- 1972 USGS Arkansas Post quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS De Witt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Arkansas (historical) between 2004 and 2006, burning about 28 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Post | 0.2 miles | 12 | |
| Osotouy (historical) | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Fish Dock (historical) | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Gillett | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Tichnor | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Medina | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| Buffo (historical) | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Prairie Landing | 9.0 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62152. 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.