BlockCain, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in District 13. It lies in ZIP code area 72946. It stands on Hurricane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mountainburg SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1898 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Winslow #4 quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Mountainburg SW quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Stilwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
127 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Cain between 1996 and 2020, burning about 761 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2005 | Natural | 1.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountainburg | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Graphic | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Belmont (historical) | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Lancaster (historical) | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Dean Springs | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Deans Market | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Chester | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Hobbtown | 6.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 70952. 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.