BlockUnion Valley, Arkansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Pulaski Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72142. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville quadrangle.
On record in Union Valley
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- US 70, Union Valley Segmentlisted 2004
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1891 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Camp Pike quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Union Valley between 1999 and 2014, burning about 314 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 77 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 73 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 July 2008 | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meto (historical) | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Meto | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Bevis Corner | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Kerr | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Country Club | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Furlow | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Lonoke | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Walkers Corner | 5.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 55834. 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.