BlockEdwards, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hickory Plain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72176. The Survey maps it on the McRae quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Mc Rae quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
38 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Edwards between 1998 and 2020, burning about 759 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | WHI17938919 |
| 29 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 80 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thurman | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Hickory Plains | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Mooresville (historical) | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Crossroad | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Hayley | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Uzzett (historical) | 10.8 miles | 15 | |
| Jasmine | 11.7 miles | 12 | |
| Stineville (historical) | 12.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57000. 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.