BlockTag, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 4. It lies in ZIP code area 72837. It stands on West Fork North Fork Illinois Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Simpson quadrangle. It stands 558 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1889 USGS Treat quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Treat quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Treat quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Treat SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Simpson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
61 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Tag between 1992 and 2020, burning about 329 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 24 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 | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | PAINT |
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | CROWDEN |
| 30 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | TPL LAND |
| 24 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | MILL CREEK |
| 23 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | TURKEY HILL |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | BUICK |
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | STAVE MILL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel (historical) | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Broomfield | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Boiling Springs (historical) | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Retta | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Simpson | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Solo | 5.7 miles | 21 | |
| Hector | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Scottsville | 5.7 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Tag | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7675068 | 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 73816. 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.