BlockTate, Arkansas
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Cauthron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72927. It lies near Boney Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Golden City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 22 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.
- 1887 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Magazine Mountain #3 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1934 USGS Booneville quadrangle1:48000
- 1934 USGS Booneville quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Booneville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Golden City quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
90 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Tate between 1996 and 2017, burning about 1,258 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 23 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 | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | GOLDEN CITY |
| 14 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 73826. 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.