BlockBurnt Hill, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Brookland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72417. The Survey maps it on the Brookland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1939 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Brookland quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Burnt Hill between 1999 and 2017, burning about 78 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 February 2004 | Debris and open burning | 37 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 December 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 December 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 October 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 October 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 October 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 October 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claunch | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Lester | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Lake View | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Brookland | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Maysville (historical) | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Needham | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Bowman | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Pekin (historical) | 4.1 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 56944. 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.