BlockWest Marche, Arkansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72113. It lies near Cook Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Mayflower quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1891 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Camp Pike quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Mayflower quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Mayflower quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Mayflower quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
61 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of West Marche between 1997 and 2020, burning about 881 acres in total. None 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 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of West Marche: 5 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maumelle | 1.0 miles | 20 | |
| Catorce (historical) | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Morgan | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Mount Pilgrim | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Marche | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Blue Hill | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Natural Steps | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| Monnie Springs | 4.9 miles | 19 |
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 Q122566137 | 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 78726. 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.