Burks, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in La Grue Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72003. The Survey maps it on the De Witt SW quadrangle.

Burks within Arkansas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1941 USGS De Witt quadrangle1:62500
1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1954 USGS De Witt quadrangle1:62500
1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS De Witt SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1970 USGS De Witt quadrangle1:62500
1986 USGS De Witt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

2 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Burks between 2001 and 2012, burning about 23 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning	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
20 June 2012	Debris and open burning	13 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
10 March 2001	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Arkansas County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Monica (historical)	1.1 miles	14
Olena	2.4 miles	14
De Witt	3.5 miles	13
Eldridge Corner	3.8 miles	14
Thomwall (historical)	3.9 miles	13
Kittlers	4.9 miles	14
Lodge Corner	6.5 miles	15
Mayview	6.8 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57473. 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.