BlockPillar, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Hornor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72390. The Survey maps it on the West Helena quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1939 USGS Latour quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Latour quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Latour quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Latour quadrangle1:62500
- 1982 USGS West Helena quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Helena quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Helena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Pillar between 1998 and 2015, burning about 136 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 29 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 February 2015 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 November 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wycamp | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| Belser (historical) | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Huma | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Latour | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Barton | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Walnut Corner | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| West Helena | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Lexa | 4.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78001. 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.