BlockSpence Jucntion, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72856. It lies near Tarlton Flats. The Survey maps it on the Lurton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1933 USGS Mt Judea quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Mt Judea quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Mt Judea SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Lurton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Spence Jucntion between 1992 and 2017, burning about 708 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 13 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 65 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | 123 |
| 27 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | CAVE CREEK |
| 13 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | COPPER HEAD |
| 26 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | HIGH NINE |
| 20 July 2012 | Natural | 6.5 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | NELLIE |
| 5 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | TARLTON # 1 |
| 5 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | TARLTON #2 |
| 21 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 9.6 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | MOORE |
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 Spence Jucntion: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelsor Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lurton | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Holt (historical) | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Chancel | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Moore | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Cowell | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Ben Hur | 6.2 miles | 22 | |
| Dickey Junction | 6.7 miles | 21 |
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 Q122552009 | 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 59373. 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.