BlockBlossom, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Goodwin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72340. The Survey maps it on the Wheatley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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 Brinkley quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Wheatley quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Blossom between 1997 and 2015, burning about 87 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 19 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 June 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 February 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 November 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 October 2015 | Debris and open burning | 62 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 January 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 January 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodwin | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Wheatley | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Posey | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Four Gums | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Palestine | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| Slonikers Mill | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Elcana | 9.7 miles | 16 | |
| Bryanville | 9.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 83087. 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.