BlockDillen, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72839. It lies near Wheeler Knob. The Survey maps it on the Fort Douglas quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1889 USGS Treat quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Treat quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Treat quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Fort Douglas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
39 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Dillen between 1993 and 2018, burning about 610 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 23 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 | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | PINE RIDGE |
| 24 July 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | ROAD SIDE |
| 28 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 June 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | FT. DOUGLAS |
| 9 April 2006 | Natural | 37 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | COLEMAN |
| 6 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | HEFFLEY |
| 12 April 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | GOOSE |
| 7 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dillen in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Hail | Dillen | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Douglas | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Rosetta | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Garber | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| Salus | 11.6 miles | 13 | |
| Poyner (historical) | 11.7 miles | 13 | |
| Gillian Settlement | 12.5 miles | 13 | |
| Hickory Flat | 13.0 miles | 13 | |
| Zadock (historical) | 13.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 71389. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.