BlockRaspberry, Arkansas
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 4. It lies in ZIP code area 72686. It stands on Reeves Branch. The Survey maps it on the Smyrna quadrangle. It stands 1,932 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 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.
- 1879 USGS Washington quadrangle1:62500
- 1887 USGS Smyrna quadrangle1:62500
- 1889 USGS Marshall #3 quadrangle1:62500
- 1892 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1940 USGS Smyrna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Smyrna quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Smyrna NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Smyrna quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
49 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Raspberry between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,123 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 24 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 | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2011 | Natural | 10 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | JACKSON |
| 7 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | VICTOR |
| 16 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | REPEAT |
| 7 July 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | JULY |
| 5 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | KNOB HOLLOW |
| 5 June 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | FIT |
| 17 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | VICTOR |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smyrna | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Nogo | 4.3 miles | 22 | |
| Victor | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Tilly | 5.9 miles | 22 | |
| Gabriel (historical) | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| Ella (historical) | 6.5 miles | 22 | |
| Northwood (historical) | 6.9 miles | 21 | |
| Solo | 7.0 miles | 21 |
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 Q7295183 | 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 73238. 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.