BlockPorters Store, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in Reed Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72701. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brentwood 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
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1898 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Brentwood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Stilwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Porters Store (historical) between 1999 and 2018, burning about 393 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 27 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2012 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | WAS14482574 |
| 5 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 205 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | BRANNON |
| 22 April 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 31 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 April 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | PENITENTIARY |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazel Valley | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| Wyola | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Arnett | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sunset | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Carter (historical) | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Brentwood | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Hicks | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Durham | 6.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65412. 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.