BlockFresno, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cane Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71643. The Survey maps it on the Avery quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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 Rotan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Avery quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Rotan quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Dumas quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Fresno between 2001 and 2015, burning about 157 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| 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 |
| 24 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 May 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fresno in 2 storm reports between 1994 and 2003: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fresno | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and damaged a farm shed. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Fresno | - | Nickel sized hail occurred at Cane Creek State Park. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meroney | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Champion (historical) | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Four Groves (historical) | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Crigler | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Avery | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Todd (historical) | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Rose Hill | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Phenix | 5.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57021. 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.
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.