BlockTintop, Arkansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 2. It lies in ZIP code area 71953. It stands on Terrapin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Horseshoe Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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 Poteau Mountain #2 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bates quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Horseshoe Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Mena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
49 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Tintop between 1993 and 2016, burning about 748 acres in total. 7 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 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | not named |
| 27 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | DENTON CREEK |
| 19 September 2011 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | EARLY FIRE |
| 11 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 77 acres | Ouachita National Forest | 515 |
| 9 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | EAGLE GAP |
| 5 August 1998 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | HORSESHOE MOUNTAIN |
| 24 August 2011 | Natural | 36 acres | Ouachita National Forest | SHUT IN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tintop: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 73875. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.