BlockLocke, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in District 13. It lies in ZIP code area 72946. The Survey maps it on the Fern quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1898 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Winslow #4 quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Fern quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Stilwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
58 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Locke between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,588 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 22 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | PLYMOUTH |
| 6 August 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | WARLOOP |
| 27 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | CRA19125465 |
| 21 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | FORD RIDGE #5 |
| 29 July 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | not named |
| 7 April 1998 | Natural | 15 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | SMITH |
| 25 April 1998 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | PROVENCE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maddux Spring | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Winfrey | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Artist Point | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Chester | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Mountainburg | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Mount Gaylor | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Schaberg | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| Bidville | 6.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77531. 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.