BlockStillwater, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Crawford Township. It stands on Ashland Creek. The Survey maps it on the Onyx quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1890 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Onyx quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Lake Ouachita quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
44 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Stillwater between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,500 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 18 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 | 18 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | not named |
| 26 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1995 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 13 acres | Ouachita National Forest | ABBOTT |
| 24 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | WHIPERWHIL |
| 19 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | IRONS FORK |
| 19 August 1995 | Natural | 42 acres | Ouachita National Forest | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aly | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Onyx | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Chula | 8.7 miles | 16 | |
| Steve | 9.5 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 11.5 miles | 16 | |
| Fourche Valley | 13.1 miles | 16 | |
| Briggsville | 13.2 miles | 13 | |
| Rover | 13.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 73714. 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.