BlockPrairie Center, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Carlisle Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72024. The Survey maps it on the Carlisle quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1935 USGS Hazen quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Hazen quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Carlisle quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Hazen quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Carlisle quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Prairie Center in 2004, burning about 8 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 February 2004 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| McCreanor | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Sisemore | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Parkers Corner | 8.6 miles | 17 | |
| Waterproof | 9.4 miles | 14 | |
| Brownsville | 9.7 miles | 15 | |
| Culler | 10.2 miles | 15 | |
| Bayou Meto | 10.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 61200. 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.