BlockForester, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 6. It stands on Little Joe Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harvey quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1887 USGS Mount Ida #2 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Mount Ida quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1890 USGS Mt Ida quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Parks quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lake Ouachita quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harvey quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Forester between 1995 and 2020, burning about 215 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 2019 | Other causes | 3.1 acres | Ouachita National Forest | CEDAR CREEK |
| 17 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | ALLEN CREEK |
| 17 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | ABBOTT#1 |
| 17 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | ABBOTT#2 |
| 17 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | ABBOTT#3 |
| 12 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | WEST 970 |
| 6 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | BIRTHDAY |
| 26 August 2001 | Natural | 15 acres | Ouachita National Forest | HARVEY |
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 Forester: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Creek | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Harvey | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Little Texas | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Nebraska (historical) | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Buck Knob | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Parks | 8.0 miles | 16 | |
| Nola | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| Olio | 10.1 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 66286. 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.