BlockKnob Creek, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Athens Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72556. It lies near Byler Hill. The Survey maps it on the Melbourne quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1951 USGS Melbourne quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Melbourne SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Cherokee Village quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Melbourne quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
155 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Knob Creek between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,695 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 60 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 | 60 |
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2011 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 55 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2012 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jumbo | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Newburg | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Band Mill | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Belview | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Twin Bridges | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Melbourne | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Boswell | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Vest (historical) | 4.7 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58024. 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.