BlockKeeler Corner, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72010. The Survey maps it on the Augusta SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Augusta quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500
- 1968 USGS Augusta SW quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1971 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
73 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Keeler Corner between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,589 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 28 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 | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 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 Keeler Corner: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Reeves Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Twentythree | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Worden | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Bradford | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Rio Vista | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Bald Knob | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Velvet Ridge | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Liberty Valley | 6.3 miles | 10 |
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 Q122598984 | 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 58008. 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.