BlockTroy, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Collins Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71638. The Survey maps it on the Line 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
6 surveys from 13 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 Mist quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Line quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Mist quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Crossett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Troy (historical) between 2001 and 2018, burning about 1,257 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,013 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | DREW |
| 24 August 2010 | Natural | 77 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 May 2010 | Natural | 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Jordan (historical) | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Collins | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Baxter | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Cominto | 8.8 miles | 14 | |
| Prairie Grove | 9.5 miles | 9 | |
| Leavits (historical) | 9.7 miles | 13 | |
| Jade (historical) | 10.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 79103. 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.