BlockMiller, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Rush Island Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72450. It lies near Round Island. The Survey maps it on the Dixie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1941 USGS Leachville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Leachville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Dixie quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Miller between 1999 and 2015, burning about 125 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 February 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 October 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Miller: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Stone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Coffman | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Lake Side | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Twin Oaks | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Bethel | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Morning Star | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Green High | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Tunis | 6.1 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58184. 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.