BlockParis, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Bagwell Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72436. The Survey maps it on the Marmaduke 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 15 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.
- 1940 USGS Marmaduke quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Marmaduke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Marmaduke quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Marmaduke quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Paragould quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Paris (historical) between 1997 and 2015, burning about 125 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 March 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | GRE2267107 |
| 23 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | GRE1979826 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Paris (historical): 6 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gainesville | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Hillside (historical) | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Lafe | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Marmaduke | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Halliday | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Oak Grove Heights | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Hooker | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Noxburn | 5.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64866. 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.