BlockBear Creek, Arkansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Mount Pleasant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72650. It lies near Watts Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Witts Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 20 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.
- 1892 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1939 USGS Snowball quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Snowball quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Snowball quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Snowball quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Snowball SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Witts Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
152 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Bear Creek between 1997 and 2020, burning about 10,296 acres in total. None started naturally. 85 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 | 85 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 June 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 97 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bohannon | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Marsena | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Imo | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| Canaan | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Welcome Home | 4.6 miles | 20 | |
| Slicker (historical) | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Magic Springs | 4.9 miles | 20 | |
| Kay | 5.1 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76264. 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.