BlockRichardson, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bogy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72004. The Survey maps it on the Cornerstone quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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 Varner quadrangle1:62500, 3 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 Cornerstone quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Cornerstone quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Varner quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS De Witt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Richardson between 2004 and 2005, burning about 9 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 February 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 October 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornerstone | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Elmwood | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Sweden | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Lake Farm | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| New Gascony | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Linn (historical) | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Swan Lake | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Ray Station (historical) | 4.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58486. 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.