BlockThomas, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Watensaw Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72041. The Survey maps it on the Hazen 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
12 surveys from 17 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.
- 1935 USGS Hazen quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Hazen quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hazen quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS Hazen quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Hazen quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Thomas (historical) between 2000 and 2015, burning about 78 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 June 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 February 2007 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 February 2000 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 October 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Siedenstricker | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Tollville | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| De Valls Bluff | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Hazen | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Peppers Lake | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Vaby | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Hallsville | 4.1 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77329. 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.