BlockCarr, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Willis Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72472. The Survey maps it on the Trumann quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Carr
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Poinsett Lumber and Manufacturing Company Manager's Houselisted 2010 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1940 USGS Dee quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Dee quadrangle1:62500
- 1983 USGS Trumann quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Carr (historical) in 1998, burning about 1 acre 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dobell | 0.6 miles | 9 | |
| Trumann | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| Merced (historical) | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Stacy | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Ruffin (historical) | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Maple Grove | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hatchie Coon | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Shady Grove | 4.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65766. 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.