BlockPickens, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Big Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72143. It stands on Cedar Branch. The Survey maps it on the Letona quadrangle. It stands 299 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Letona quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
50 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Pickens between 1997 and 2018, burning about 1,165 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 1997 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Smoking | 41 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pickens: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Pickens | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7190778 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58362. 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.