BlockMoark, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Cleveland-North Kilgore Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72422. It stands on Moark Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Corning quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1935 USGS Knobel quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Knobel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Corning quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Knobel quadrangle1:62500
- 1984 USGS Paragould quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Moark between 2000 and 2020, burning about 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178962-01201-03212019-1931 |
| 14 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176428-01201-03142018-1247 |
| 11 March 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 December 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251247-01201-12092020-1225 |
| 5 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251241-01201-11052020-1548 |
| 26 October 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 October 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corning | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Palatka | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| McDougal | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Hickoria | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Walnut Grove | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Luehrmann (historical) | 9.0 miles | 14 | |
| Twin Oaks | 9.0 miles | 13 | |
| Pittman (historical) | 9.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 52113. 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.