BlockIsland Town, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72112. The Survey maps it on the Newport quadrangle.
On record in Island Town
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Erwin Auxiliary Army Airfieldlisted 2008 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Newport quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Newport quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Newport quadrangle1:62500
- 1966 USGS Newport quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Island Town between 1998 and 2017, burning about 102 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | 76 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 November 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Island Town: 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport #5 & #7 | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| County Operators | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Midstream Dredge & Plant No 6 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mobley Construction Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Newport Dredge & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Newport Plt | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| River S&G Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| River Sand & Gravel Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Erwin | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Crossroads | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Diaz | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Horseshoe | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Murphys Corner | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Auvergne | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Jacksonport | 5.0 miles | 13 |
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 Q122544754 | 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 50531. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.