BlockBarber, Arkansas
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Barber Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72927. It stands on Little Washburn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Barber quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 23 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.
- 1890 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1906 USGS Barber quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Barber quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Barber quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Barber quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Barber quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Barber quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
62 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Barber between 1997 and 2018, burning about 455 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 17 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glendale | 3.1 miles | 23 | |
| Ione | 4.5 miles | 22 | |
| Carolan | 4.6 miles | 22 | |
| Echo | 4.8 miles | 22 | |
| Lucas | 5.2 miles | 22 | |
| Booneville | 7.0 miles | 22 | |
| Tate | 7.6 miles | 22 | |
| Golden City | 8.3 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57326. 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.