BlockKingsville, Arkansas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Janes Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72460. It stands on Ferguson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ravenden Springs 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
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Ravenden Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Cherokee Village quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
110 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Kingsville (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,659 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 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 | 59 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Kingsville (historical): 3 unknowns, 2 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ravenden Springs | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Watervalley (historical) | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Elevenpoint | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Yadkin (historical) | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Dunn | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Stoney Point | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Birdell | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Oconee (historical) | 8.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 70180. 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.