BlockRyker, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Kentucky Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72752. It lies near Evans Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Boxley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Boxley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
16 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Ryker between 1998 and 2016, burning about 431 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 70 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | MAD18797965 |
| 5 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | WARD |
| 2 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | TOWER |
| 19 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | MOSSVILLE |
| 14 April 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 116 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 73446. 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.