BlockLoafer, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Boston Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72854. The Survey maps it on the Fallsville 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.
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fallsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
24 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Loafer between 1995 and 2020, burning about 200 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | JOH1765984 |
| 8 April 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 61 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | GLORY HOLE |
| 5 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | WARD |
| 5 April 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | DOGWOOD |
| 20 April 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | MILE 68 |
| 2 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | TOWER |
| 15 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 April 1996 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | BRUSHY RIDGE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbaugh | 1.0 miles | 9 | |
| Fallsville | 1.1 miles | 10 | |
| Walnut | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Ryker | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Edwards Junction | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Swain | 8.9 miles | 9 | |
| Reeves | 9.0 miles | 10 | |
| Mossville | 9.1 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 Q122540371 | 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 72431. 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.