BlockOpitz, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Haskell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72015. The Survey maps it on the Traskwood 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
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Traskwood quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
258 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 258 fires within 5 miles of Opitz (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,204 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 119 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 | 119 |
| Debris and open burning | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 31 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Opitz (historical): 5 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fullers Earth. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haskell | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| Traskwood | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Fairplay (historical) | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Klondike (historical) | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Cunningham (historical) | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Shaw | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Slocomb (historical) | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Benton | 6.0 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 66019. 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.