BlockHickory Flat, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72854. It stands on Hickory Flat. The Survey maps it on the Ozone quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1889 USGS Ozone quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Ozone quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Ozone quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Ozone quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
55 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Hickory Flat between 1992 and 2020, burning about 513 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 27 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 | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | HORSEWATER |
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | 35 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | TRAIL HEAD |
| 24 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | GILLIAN SETS |
| 18 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | GRAVE GAP |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2012 | Natural | 1.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ozone | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Gillian Settlement | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Farris Springs | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Garber | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Poyner (historical) | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Salus | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Rosetta | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Zadock (historical) | 6.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 59111. 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.