BlockEllen, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Dogwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72060. It stands on Big Gravel Slough. The Survey maps it on the West Point quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1932 USGS Kensett quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Kensett quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS West Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Kensett quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS West Point quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
20 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Ellen (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 314 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2000 | Smoking | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 June 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 April 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 April 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 March 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Showalters Corner | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Andrews | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Griffithville | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Pryor | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Happy | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Hicksville (historical) | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Barber (historical) | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Belcher | 4.3 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 81938. 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.