BlockRed Bluff, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Barraque Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72132. It sits by Red Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Redfield quadrangle. 74 people lived here at the 1880 count. It stands 279 feet above sea level. 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 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.
- 1932 USGS Pastoria quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1935 USGS Pastoria quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Redfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
54 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Red Bluff (historical) between 1997 and 2018, burning about 460 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 14 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 | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redfield | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Kearney | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Plum Bayou (historical) | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Wright | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| English Place | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Jefferson | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Eastwood | 9.1 miles | 14 | |
| Samples | 9.3 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Red Bluff (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q105089651 | 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 60817. 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.