BlockWalker, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Dogwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72143. It stands on Carsons Slough. The Survey maps it on the Walker quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1932 USGS Kensett quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Kensett quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Walker quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Kensett quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Walker quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Walker between 1998 and 2019, burning about 259 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 58 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 2006 | Smoking | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 May 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Griffithville | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Conant | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Defiance (historical) | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Dogwood | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Egbert (historical) | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Happy | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Vinity Corner | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Hicksville (historical) | 4.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57226. 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.