BlockCatalpa, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Batson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72854. It stands on Panther Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oark quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1906 USGS Batson quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Oark quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
31 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Catalpa between 1996 and 2020, burning about 350 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | TRAIL HEAD |
| 19 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 June 2005 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | JOH1765984 |
| 4 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | WATERFALL |
| 20 April 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | MILE 68 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oark | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Farris Springs | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Dale (historical) | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Ozone | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Friley | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Hickory Flat | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Yale | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Salus | 6.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 71034. 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.