Burma, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Cache Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72134. The Survey maps it on the Clarendon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Burma within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 16 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.

1935 USGS Clarendon quadrangle1:62500
1941 USGS Clarendon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Clarendon quadrangle1:62500
1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Clarendon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1972 USGS Clarendon quadrangle1:62500
1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

10 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Burma (historical) between 1996 and 2019, burning about 65 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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	4
Debris and open burning	3
Smoking	2
Other causes	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 2010	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge	RED CAT ROAD
9 August 2001	Smoking	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 March 2000	Debris and open burning	40 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
8 December 2007	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Cache River National Wildlife Refuge	FIRE # 36
14 November 2010	Other causes	under an acre	Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge	CAMPER
31 January 1998	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 January 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge	ROC ROE 1
2 January 2006	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Burma (historical): 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Ark St Hwy Dept Pit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Mobley Cnstrctn Co Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Monroe 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
Roe	1.7 miles	15
Aberdeen	3.6 miles	16
Clarendon	3.9 miles	16
Duncan	6.4 miles	16
Jeffries	7.0 miles	16
Dobbs Landing	7.7 miles	15
Lenoir (historical)	8.3 miles	16
Park Grove	8.6 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 61172. 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.