BlockHortons Landing, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72048. It stands on Panther Branch. The Survey maps it on the Indian Bay SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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 Indian Bay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Indian Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Indian Bay SE quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1970 USGS Indian Bay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS De Witt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Hortons Landing between 2003 and 2017, burning about 107 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 | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge | OLD HWY 17 |
| 4 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge | WILLOW LAKE LEVEE |
| 9 December 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge | SMOKEHOUSE |
| 25 January 2003 | Debris and open burning | 70 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethel | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Saint Charles | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Van | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| La Grue Springs | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| Sheppard Point | 8.9 miles | 15 | |
| Stinking Bay | 9.2 miles | 17 | |
| Deluce | 9.3 miles | 15 | |
| Prairie Union | 10.6 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 Q122558848 | 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 57064. 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.