BlockMoores Mill, Arkansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 7. It lies in ZIP code area 71647. It stands on Improvement Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vick quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1934 USGS Ingalls quadrangle1:48000
- 1937 USGS Ingalls quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Ingalls quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Vick quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
49 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Moores Mill between 2002 and 2019, burning about 485 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 20 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 | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Overflow National Wildlife Refuge | G.P.S. GIN CO.INC II |
| 2 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Moores Mill: 15 unknowns, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilcox (historical) | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Broad | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Pine Island Landing | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Johnsville | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Blanchton | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Godfrey Landing | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Vick | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Longview | 6.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77687. 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.