BlockStop, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in District 1. It lies in ZIP code area 72948. It lies near Tom Jack Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Evansville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1898 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Stilwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
101 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Stop (historical) between 1992 and 2016, burning about 4,157 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 55 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 | 55 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle 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 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | JACKRABBIT |
| 4 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 August 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | HWY 59 NORTH |
| 6 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | BUG SCUFFLE FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosedale (historical) | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Davidson | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Lee Creek | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Anna (historical) | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Natural Dam | 7.2 miles | 16 | |
| Barcelona | 9.4 miles | 16 | |
| Uniontown | 11.7 miles | 16 | |
| Armada (historical) | 11.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 66233. 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.