BlockWhitefield, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bartholomew Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71667. It stands on Beaver Brake. The Survey maps it on the Tarry 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.
- 1935 USGS Noble Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tarry quadrangle1:24000
- 1971 USGS Tarry quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Noble Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS De Witt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Whitefield between 2003 and 2020, burning about 327 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 July 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phenix | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Shannon Tank | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Grady | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Yorktown | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Silt (historical) | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Tarry | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Nebo | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Woodville | 5.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58872. 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.