BlockPoluca, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Running Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72455. It stands on Running Lake. The Survey maps it on the Pocahontas 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
6 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.
- 1935 USGS Reyno quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pocahontas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Paragould quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Poluca (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 520 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 | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | RAN28393895 |
| 12 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 65 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Poluca (historical): 3 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H M Bishop Farm | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unk | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Running Lake (historical) | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Keller (historical) | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Engelberg | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar Grove | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Debrow (historical) | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Brockett | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Pocahontas | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Skaggs | 3.8 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78896. 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.