BlockBlackjack Corner, Arkansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Township 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72751. The Survey maps it on the Bentonville North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1899 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1904 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Bentonville North quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1979 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Blackjack Corner between 1994 and 2020, burning about 807 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 18 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 | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 August 2012 | Natural | 10 acres | Pea Ridge National Military Park | GUTHRIE ROAD |
| 20 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Pea Ridge National Military Park | 19 DODD ROAD WF |
| 27 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Pea Ridge National Military Park | RM SYCAMORE |
| 13 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.7 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177218-06021-06042018-1535 |
| 30 June 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Pea Ridge National Military Park | EAGLE CREST FIRE |
| 1 May 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | BEN17526665 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Blackjack Corner: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pea Ridge | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Summit (historical) | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Rago | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Buttry (historical) | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Little Flock | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Brightwater | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Leetown | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Bella Vista | 5.2 miles | 18 |
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 Q19867362 | 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 56932. 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.