BlockWest Cobb, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1992. It stands in McIlroy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72949. It lies near Morgan Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Cass quadrangle.
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.
- 1879 USGS Cravens quadrangle1:62500
- 1887 USGS Watalula quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Watalula quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Cass quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of West Cobb between 1992 and 2017, burning about 815 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 18 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | KIDD |
| 27 May 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | not named |
| 13 May 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | BIG FLAT |
| 1 May 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | not named |
| 3 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | MORGAN KNOB #2 |
| 23 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.1 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | MORGAN MT. |
| 20 April 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | HORNBECK |
| 18 April 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.8 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | FLY GAP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of West Cobb: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fly Gap (historical) | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Beach Grove | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Redding | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Cass | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Peanut | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Fresno (historical) | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Pittston Junction | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Mineral Springs | 5.9 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122562585 | 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 74055. 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.