BlockMountain Crest, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Morgan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72727. It lies near Fortner Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Delaney quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1943 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1946 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Delaney quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
21 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Crest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 257 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 9 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | POTATO KNOB |
| 22 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | BIG CEDAR |
| 20 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | DELANEY CREEK |
| 11 April 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 61 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | DELANEY CREEK |
| 8 March 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | PENITENTIARY |
| 26 March 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | BROWDER HOLLOW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fresno (historical) | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Fly Gap (historical) | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Cass | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| West Cobb | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Redding | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| Paradise | 9.2 miles | 15 | |
| Barnes | 9.2 miles | 15 | |
| Beach Grove | 9.5 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77763. 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.