BlockUnion, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cotton Plant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72101. The Survey maps it on the Augusta quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Augusta quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500
- 1968 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Union between 1992 and 2016, burning about 150 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Smoking | 29 acres | Central Arkansas Refuges Complex | COLE |
| 26 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 June 2004 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Central Arkansas Refuges Complex | HWY260#1 |
| 21 March 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.3 acres | Central Arkansas Refuges Complex | HWY260#2 |
| 20 March 2001 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Central Arkansas Refuges Complex | TRACT 191A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Union: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Sand and Gravel Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk Sandpits 2 | 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 58784. 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.