BlockHighland, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Mountain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71953. It stands on Hoover Creek. The Survey maps it on the Buck Knob quadrangle.
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.
- 1890 USGS Mount Ida quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1890 USGS Mt Ida quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Oden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lake Ouachita quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Buck Knob quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Highland between 2000 and 2018, burning about 70 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2006 | Smoking | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | BUCK KNOB |
| 26 August 2000 | Smoking | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | BUCK KNOB TOWER |
| 16 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 June 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | LONG RIDGE |
| 10 June 2018 | Natural | 8.1 acres | Ouachita National Forest | HIGHLAND |
| 1 April 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | HICKS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Highland in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Highland | $5,000 | Water was covering roads north and west of Cherry Hill. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Hill | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Posey Hollow | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Yocana | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Opal | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Grove | 7.6 miles | 19 | |
| Ink | 9.0 miles | 19 | |
| Board Camp | 9.3 miles | 19 | |
| Big Fork | 9.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 72014. 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.