BlockDuckett Ford, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Duckett Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71973. It stands on White Oak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Baker Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1913 USGS De Queen quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Umpire quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Baker Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS De Queen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
49 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Duckett Ford between 1999 and 2019, burning about 351 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 25 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 65 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 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 Duckett Ford: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Quartz. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Quartz | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smyrna (historical) | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Duckett | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Valley Ridge (historical) | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Baker Springs | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Cedar Glade (historical) | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Galena | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Battle Hill (historical) | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Antimony (historical) | 4.9 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122564174 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 71465. 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.