BlockJade, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cominto Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71655. The Survey maps it on the Cominto quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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 Cominto quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Collins quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Cominto quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Dumas quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
31 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Jade (historical) between 2001 and 2019, burning about 466 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 10 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2003 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 2012 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 June 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 June 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cominto | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Deane | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Enon | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Jeter (historical) | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Jordan (historical) | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Collins | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Killin | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Old Piney (historical) | 6.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 79020. 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.