BlockDickey, Arkansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Hill Township. It lies near Chenault Island. The Survey maps it on the Woodson quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Dickey
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Land's End Plantationlisted 1999 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1891 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Camp Pike quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1940 USGS Woodson quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Woodson quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Woodson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Dickey (historical) between 1997 and 2016, burning about 577 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 2012 | Natural | 59 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 135 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 June 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estes | 0.9 miles | 18 | |
| Wampoo | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Wrightsville | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Rottaken | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Tafton | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Bredlow Corner | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Higgins | 6.4 miles | 23 | |
| Woodson | 6.5 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 75606. 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.