BlockPittinger, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Hickory Ridge Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72347. The Survey maps it on the Hickory Ridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Vanndale quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vanndale quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Hickory Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Memphis West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Hickory Ridge quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Pittinger between 2004 and 2005, burning about 66 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 March 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 November 2005 | Debris and open burning | 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Ridge | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Aberdeen (historical) | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Tilton | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Fair Field | 11.6 miles | 11 | |
| Wrape (historical) | 11.9 miles | 10 | |
| Cherry Valley | 12.7 miles | 12 | |
| Central | 13.4 miles | 12 | |
| Mersman | 13.6 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122561567 | 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 58395. 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.