BlockWestern, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Emerson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71740. The Survey maps it on the Walkerville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Walkerville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Magnolia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
68 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Western between 1997 and 2019, burning about 883 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 20 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 | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2000 | Smoking | 6.0 acres | Louisiana Office of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 82 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Western: 7 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plainfield | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Walnut Grove | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Walkerville | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Horsehead | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Rocky Mound | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Harmony | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Welcome | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Taylor | 7.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60240. 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.