BlockArmada, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in District 13. It lies in ZIP code area 72946. It stands on Riley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mountainburg 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 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.
- 1898 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Winslow #4 quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1969 USGS Mountainburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Stilwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
57 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Armada (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,540 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 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 | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,800 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | WAS17879233 |
| 6 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | PENSE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schaberg | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Chester | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Artist Point | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Maddux Spring | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Anna (historical) | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Mount Gaylor | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Winfrey | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Mountainburg | 5.8 miles | 16 |
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 Armada (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48817249 | 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 65668. 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.