BlockFiftysix, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72533. The Survey maps it on the Fiftysix quadrangle.
On record in Fiftysix
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
Mirror Lake Historic Districtlisted 1995
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1892 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Fiftysix quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
104 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Fiftysix between 1992 and 2020, burning about 772 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 26 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | GREEN |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | 12 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | CHUCK |
| 4 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | LONG |
| 25 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | PHILL |
| 20 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | TIE RIDGE |
| 2 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 134 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Fiftysix: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Copper, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Tantalum, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hedges (historical) | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Gayler | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Oga (historical) | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Big Springs | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Newnata | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Allison | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Boyle (historical) | 6.0 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 71610. 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.