BlockSawmill, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Harrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71765. It stands on Tatum Branch. The Survey maps it on the New London 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.
- 1933 USGS Strong quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Strong quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Strong quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS New London quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
60 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Sawmill between 1998 and 2019, burning about 706 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 84 acres | Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge | JONES FIRE |
| 24 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 82 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | FELSENTHAL |
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | 31 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Union | 0.6 miles | 19 | |
| McGlendon Mill | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Lapile | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| New London | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Bolding | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Strong | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Old Lapile | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Victoria | 7.0 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58591. 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.