BlockStoney Point, Arkansas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Shiloh Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72455. It stands on Tattle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ravenden Springs SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Ravenden Springs SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Cherokee Village quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
69 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Stoney Point between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,113 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Stoney Point: 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lorine | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Gravesville | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Watervalley (historical) | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Elevenpoint | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Birdell | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Attica | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Dunn | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Antioch | 5.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 70206. 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.