BlockBroom, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72410. The Survey maps it on the Alicia 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 10 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 Alicia quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Alicia quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Broom (historical) between 2006 and 2018, burning about 165 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 December 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 December 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 November 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 January 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strangers Home | 0.4 miles | 10 | |
| Alicia | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Calvin | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Old Martin Mill Place | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Hopewell | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Clover Bend | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Minturn | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Lauratown | 7.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 61594. 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.