BlockWar Eagle, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Township 1. It lies in ZIP code area 72756. It sits by War Eagle Bluff. The Survey maps it on the War Eagle quadrangle.
On record in War Eagle
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
War Eagle Bridgelisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1900 USGS Eureka Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Eureka Springs quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS War Eagle quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
69 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of War Eagle between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,145 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2012 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2012 | Natural | 380 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sedalia (historical) | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Cottage Hill (historical) | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Rambo Riviera | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Tanglewood | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Clear Point | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Green Acres | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Lakeland Hills | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasure Heights | 4.5 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78688. 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.