BlockFour Gums, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Goodwin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72372. The Survey maps it on the Hunter East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1939 USGS Hunter quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Hunter quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hunter quadrangle1:62500
- 1971 USGS Hunter East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Four Gums between 2000 and 2015, burning about 1,619 acres in total. None started naturally. 22 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 | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 250 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 48 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 75 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 90 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slonikers Mill | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Goodwin | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Hawkins | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Wadell (historical) | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Blossom | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Palestine | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Posey | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Macedonia | 7.5 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q18326179 | 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 83154. 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.