BlockBertha, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 4. It lies in ZIP code area 72839. It lies near McMinn Knob. The Survey maps it on the Fort Douglas quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1889 USGS Treat quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Treat quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Treat quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Fort Douglas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Bertha between 1992 and 2018, burning about 745 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 22 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 | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 July 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | ROAD SIDE |
| 28 June 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | FT. DOUGLAS |
| 9 April 2006 | Natural | 37 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | COLEMAN |
| 7 April 2006 | Natural | 130 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | SULPHUR CREEK |
| 6 April 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | DAVIS |
| 6 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | HEFFLEY |
| 12 April 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | GOOSE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bertha: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelsor Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bertha in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Bertha | $25,000 | This tornado moved out of Johnson County south-southeast of Dillen and entered Pope County south-southwest of Bertha. The track of the tornado in Pope County was within the Ozark National Forest, where many trees were blown down. |
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.
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 Q139545679 | 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 59194. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.