BlockSandiff, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Township 1. It lies in ZIP code area 72153. It stands on Wild Goose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Parma 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.
- 1892 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Parma quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Parma quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
67 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Sandiff between 1998 and 2019, burning about 1,207 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 38 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 | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2000 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2000 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 97 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partain | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Brewer | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Edgemont | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Sunny Slope | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Higden | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Greers Ferry | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Post Oak | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Whispering Springs | 6.5 miles | 15 |
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 Q122561753 | 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 78294. 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.