BlockBoyd, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Gum Woods Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72046. The Survey maps it on the England 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
12 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.
- 1937 USGS England quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1937 USGS England quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS England quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS England SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS England quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Boyd (historical) between 2005 and 2020, burning about 515 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 130 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 March 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 February 2015 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 February 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 December 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 November 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 42 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
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 Boyd (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England Pit & Plant | Clay | Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 61401. 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.