BlockDale, 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 lies near Grass Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Harmony quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
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
- 1963 USGS Harmony quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 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
48 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Dale (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 551 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.5 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | PLANTATION |
| 21 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | JOH14132527 |
| 4 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | WATERFALL |
| 3 April 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 April 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65140. 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.