BlockForty Four, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72585. It stands on Flat Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pineville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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 Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Pineville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Bull Shoals Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
104 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Forty Four between 1999 and 2020, burning about 2,765 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 32 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 | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 55 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 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 Forty Four: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pineville | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Gorby | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Crossroads | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Wideman | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Calico Rock | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Band Mill | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Creswell | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 5.5 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Forty Four | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18326176 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57019. 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.