BlockBliss, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72010. The Survey maps it on the Velvet Ridge quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1935 USGS Bald Knob quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Velvet Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
106 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Bliss (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,982 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 29 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 96 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | WHI17782797 |
| 19 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Bliss (historical): 6 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bare Stone | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| Velvet Ridge | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Steprock | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Wrights Corner | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Twentythree | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Providence | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Sunnydale | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Clear Water (historical) | 5.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65043. 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.