BlockDenton Island, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Little Texas Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72421. The Survey maps it on the Swifton East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1935 USGS Alicia quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Swifton East quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Denton Island between 1999 and 2007, burning about 63 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 June 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 June 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 March 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 March 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 November 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 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 57645. 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.