BlockFour Groves, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bartholomew Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71643. The Survey maps it on the Grady 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
9 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.
- 1935 USGS Varner quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Grady quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Varner quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS De Witt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Four Groves (historical) between 2002 and 2015, burning about 126 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 April 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 February 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fresno | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Meroney | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Varner | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Silt (historical) | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Champion (historical) | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Phenix | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Grady | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Cades | 5.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64056. 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.