BlockChula, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ions Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72857. It stands on Glover Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chula Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1890 USGS Mount Ida quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1890 USGS Mt Ida quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gravelly quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lake Ouachita quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Chula Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
27 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Chula between 1996 and 2017, burning about 371 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | ALLEN FOOT #2 |
| 26 September 2017 | Natural | 8.8 acres | Ouachita National Forest | MCGILL MOUNTAIN |
| 14 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 32 acres | Ouachita National Forest | TRAIL |
| 10 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2001 | Natural | 4.6 acres | Ouachita National Forest | ICY TOP |
| 27 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | CLARK CREEK |
| 20 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18 acres | Ouachita National Forest | GREEN HOLLOW |
| 20 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Ouachita National Forest | LONE PINE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aly | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 7.3 miles | 16 | |
| Bluffton | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| Stillwater | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Gravelly | 9.1 miles | 16 | |
| Fourche Valley | 9.3 miles | 16 | |
| Onyx | 9.7 miles | 13 | |
| Young Gravelly | 10.0 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 71151. 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.