BlockKratnek, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Roberts Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72073. The Survey maps it on the Humphrey 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
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1941 USGS Goldman quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Humphrey quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1969 USGS Humphrey quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS De Witt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Kratnek (historical) between 1999 and 2020, burning about 31 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 November 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diantha (historical) | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Wabbaseka | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Gethsemane | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Newtown | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Altheimer | 9.0 miles | 14 | |
| Ellison | 10.2 miles | 13 | |
| Haywood | 10.8 miles | 13 | |
| Sherrill | 11.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 63938. 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.