BlockRitz, Arkansas
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 2. It lies in ZIP code area 71953. It stands on Heath Creek. The Survey maps it on the Peanut Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 31 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 Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1887 USGS Poteau Mountain #1 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1939 USGS Waldron quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1940 USGS Waldron quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Waldron quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Waldron quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 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
- 1983 USGS Peanut Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Mena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
66 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Ritz between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,551 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 37 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 | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | not named |
| 27 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | DENTON CREEK |
| 22 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 77 acres | Ouachita National Forest | 515 |
| 1 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | NELLA MFIRE |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 21 acres | Ouachita National Forest | JOHNSON CREEK |
| 5 August 1998 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | HORSESHOE MOUNTAIN |
| 24 August 2011 | Natural | 36 acres | Ouachita National Forest | SHUT IN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ritz: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 73306. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.