BlockBay Plantation, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Calhoun Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72040. It stands on Bear Slough. The Survey maps it on the Des Arc East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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 De Valls Bluff 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 De Valls Bluff quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Des Arc East quadrangle1:24000
- 1971 USGS De Valls Bluff quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Bay Plantation between 2001 and 2014, burning about 185 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 | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Cache River National Wildlife Refuge | BO MILLER |
| 24 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Cache River National Wildlife Refuge | WOODRUFF 935 FIRE |
| 9 March 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Central Arkansas Refuges Complex | TRACT 295 |
| 10 March 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Cache River National Wildlife Refuge | GORDY |
| 8 November 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 44 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | WOO399174 |
| 18 November 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 126 acres | Cache River National Wildlife Refuge | WILDWOOD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erwin | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Sand Hill | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Plunketts | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Harrys (historical) | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Des Arc | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Beulah | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Harrys | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Letchworth | 7.0 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.
| Wikidata item Q122595375 | 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 59978. 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.