BlockShannon Tank, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Choctaw Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71644. The Survey maps it on the Grady quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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 Grady quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Varner quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS De Witt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Shannon Tank between 2004 and 2017, burning about 191 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 32 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 February 2011 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 December 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 November 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 102 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 October 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grady | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Whitefield | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Woodville | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Silt (historical) | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Sarassa | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Youngstown (historical) | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Phenix | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Kimbrough (historical) | 5.3 miles | 16 |
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 Q122554818 | 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 58602. 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.