BlockDixie, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lester Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72437. It lies near Big Island. The Survey maps it on the Dixie quadrangle.
On record in Dixie
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 1 record
Craighead County Road 513C Bridgelisted 1995
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1941 USGS Leachville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Leachville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Dixie quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Jonesboro 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 Dixie between 1999 and 2017, burning about 83 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 October 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 October 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 October 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 October 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 October 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 January 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dixie: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Stone | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dixie in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dixie | $30,000 | A few houses were damaged in Dixie. One wall of a building collapsed onto a car in Jonesboro. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maysville (historical) | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Lake View | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| Lester | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Upper Poplar Ridge | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Schug | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Claunch | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Burnt Hill | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Macey | 4.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 48531. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.