BlockLaCrosse, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lacrosse Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72584. The Survey maps it on the Zion quadrangle. It stands 778 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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
- 1983 USGS Cherokee Village quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Zion quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
121 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of LaCrosse between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,149 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 29 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 | 57 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 23 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 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 LaCrosse: 2 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crutchfield Farm | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| L.C.Crutchfield Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Black Rock Sand & Gravel Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larkin | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| New Liberty | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Sage | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Zion | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Belview | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Melbourne | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Violet Hill | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Bone Town | 4.7 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on LaCrosse | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14681141 | 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 77421. 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.