BlockMooresville, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Hickory Plain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72066. The Survey maps it on the Walker quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
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.
- 1932 USGS Kensett quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Kensett quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Walker quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Kensett quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Walker quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Mooresville (historical) between 2000 and 2017, burning about 427 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 February 2000 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 December 2014 | Debris and open burning | 41 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | PRA4378831 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayley | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hickory Plains | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Thurman | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Crossroad | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Edwards | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Jasmine | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Stineville (historical) | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Willard (historical) | 7.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64723. 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.