BlockBlackfoot, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Spring Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72355. The Survey maps it on the Lexa quadrangle.
On record in Blackfoot
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Richardson-Turner Houselisted 1998 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 13 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.
- 1940 USGS Marvell quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Marvell quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Lexa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Helena quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Helena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Blackfoot between 1999 and 2008, burning about 72 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 29 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2000 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 October 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Creek (historical) | 0.6 miles | 13 | |
| Lexa Junction | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Ridge | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Kindall | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Walnut Corner | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Lexa | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Barton | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Latour | 2.8 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65591. 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.