BlockThompson, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1992. It stands in South Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72727. It stands on Fritts Creek. The Survey maps it on the Durham quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1943 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1946 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Durham quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
16 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Thompson between 1998 and 2017, burning about 177 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 June 2012 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 April 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57207. 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.