BlockWalnut Grove, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 4. It lies in ZIP code area 72843. The Survey maps it on the Hector quadrangle. It stands 705 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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.
- 1892 USGS Morrillton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Morrillton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1894 USGS Morrilton quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hector quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Conway quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Hector quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
57 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Walnut Grove between 1995 and 2020, burning about 677 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 19 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 | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | CLUB RICK |
| 30 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | MILL CREEK |
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | EVANS |
| 8 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leta (historical) | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Hector | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Welcome | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Boiling Springs (historical) | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Retta | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Rock Springs | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Appleton | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Laurel (historical) | 5.6 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Walnut Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7963586 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62057. 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.