BlockPine Branch, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marion County Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65761. It lies near Plum Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Cotter NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 17 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.
- 1893 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1929 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Cotter NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Cotter NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Bull Shoals Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison 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 Pine Branch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 868 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | MAR27893368 |
| 22 August 2014 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | MAR27746351 |
| 18 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220569-07721-06182020-1405 |
| 9 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pine Branch: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holt Shafts | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midway | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Peel | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Price Place | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Oakland | 6.7 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Perrian (historical) | 7.4 miles | 16 | |
| Bull Shoals | 8.8 miles | 18 | |
| Stone (historical) | 9.9 miles | 17 | |
| Kingdom Springs (historical) | 10.1 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2728553. 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.