BlockJarta, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72102. It sits by Mossy Point. The Survey maps it on the Garner 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
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Garner quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Jarta (historical) between 1997 and 2018, burning about 777 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1998 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smyrna | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Gum Springs (historical) | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Brundige (historical) | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Morning Sun | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Garner | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Harmony | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Center Hill | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Crosby | 5.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65084. 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.