BlockCottonwood Corner, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Griggs Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72394. The Survey maps it on the Madison quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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 Whitmore quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Whitmore quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Whitmore quadrangle1:62500
- 1965 USGS Whitmore quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Memphis West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Cottonwood Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 98 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 July 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Central Arkansas Refuges Complex | ROUND POND |
| 29 June 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 June 1992 | Debris and open burning | 24 acres | Central Arkansas Refuges Complex | ROUNDPOND1 |
| 11 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hicks Station | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Round Pond | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Clarks Corner | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Blackfish | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Whitmore | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Kinton | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Lucerne | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Midway | 4.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 83110. 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.