BlockMorgan Springs, Arkansas
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72958. It stands on Gum Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cauthron quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1887 USGS Poteau Mountain #2 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bates quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Cauthron quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Mena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Morgan Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,215 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 18 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 146 acres | Ouachita National Forest | 400 |
| 3 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | not named |
| 27 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 43 acres | Ouachita National Forest | SAW FIRE |
| 26 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 66311. 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.