BlockPuryear, Arkansas
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 2. It lies in ZIP code area 71953. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Loving quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1887 USGS Poteau Mountain #2 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bates quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Loving quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Loving quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Mena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
44 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Puryear between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,065 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 15 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 | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20236 |
| 11 September 1997 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | BEECH |
| 9 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2015 | Natural | 55 acres | Ouachita National Forest | LITTLE MOUNTAIN |
| 31 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 39 acres | Ouachita National Forest | 176 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Puryear in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Flash Flood | Puryear | $15,000 | The Fourche LaFave River flooded the Dooley Rd. Bridge and many county roads in the southern half of Scott County were flooded. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Fork | 1.6 miles | 22 | |
| Weeks | 6.3 miles | 21 | |
| Coaldale | 7.3 miles | 21 | |
| Brawley | 7.5 miles | 20 | |
| Gipson | 7.7 miles | 21 | |
| Beauchamp | 8.3 miles | 20 | |
| Bates | 8.4 miles | 21 | |
| Morgan Springs | 8.6 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 73217. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.