BlockKearney, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Barraque Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72132. The Survey maps it on the Redfield quadrangle.
On record in Kearney
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.
- Dollarway Road (Boundary Increase)listed 1999 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1932 USGS Pastoria quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1935 USGS Pastoria quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Redfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
116 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Kearney between 1997 and 2018, burning about 1,533 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 41 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 | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.1 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kearney: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| English Place | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Redfield | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Jefferson | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Eastwood | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Red Bluff (historical) | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Samples | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Wright | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Plum Bayou (historical) | 7.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58006. 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.