BlockWalker Creek, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Walker Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71861. It stands on Walker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bradley SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1952 USGS Bradley SE quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Magnolia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
67 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Walker Creek between 1998 and 2019, burning about 1,154 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 21 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 | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | COL15878656 |
| 24 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 33 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walker Creek in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walker Creek | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Grove | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| State Line | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Bradley | 7.6 miles | 17 | |
| Burton Mill | 7.6 miles | 15 | |
| Canfield | 7.9 miles | 15 | |
| Grants | 8.2 miles | 15 | |
| Kizer | 8.7 miles | 17 | |
| Walnut Hill | 9.1 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62493. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.