BlockFivemile, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Township 1. It lies in ZIP code area 72530. It sits by Richey Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Drasco quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1890 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Drasco quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Fivemile between 1997 and 2020, burning about 748 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 July 2001 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fivemile: 2 past producers. 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.
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fivemile in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2011 | Flash Flood | Old Fivemile | $50,000 | Several county roads were flooded. Water entered some businesses on Main St. in Heber Springs. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf Bayou | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Drasco | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Concord | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Ida | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Woodrow | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Everett (historical) | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Banner | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| Brownsville | 7.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57756. 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.