BlockWells Creek, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hasty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72640. It stands on Bat House Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hasty quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1904 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Hasty quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
175 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Wells Creek (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,347 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 54 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 | 62 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Buffalo National River | CROW HOLE #1 |
| 10 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Buffalo National River | SOUTH OF PRUITT |
| 21 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wells Creek (historical): 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonanza Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Little Buffalo River | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Spier Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Tom Hill Property | Zinc | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hasty | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Little Buffalo (historical) | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Yardelle | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Carver | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Pruitt | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Flatwoods | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Sulphur Spring (historical) | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Piercetown | 5.2 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69946. 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.