Willard, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Des Arc Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72060. It stands on Darst Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jasmine quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Willard within Prairie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1932 USGS Kensett quadrangle1:62500
1935 USGS Kensett quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Jasmine quadrangle1:24000
1967 USGS Kensett quadrangle1:62500
1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1994 USGS Jasmine quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

6 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Willard (historical) between 2001 and 2015, burning about 169 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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	3
Arson/incendiarism	2
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
4 August 2008	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
10 April 2006	Arson/incendiarism	20 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
14 February 2015	Debris and open burning	117 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
22 October 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
10 October 2001	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
22 January 2004	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Prairie County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Stineville (historical)	0.5 miles	12
Jasmine	1.4 miles	12
Enarc (historical)	1.6 miles	12
Hunterton (historical)	2.3 miles	12
Fourmile Corner	4.8 miles	16
Hayley	5.8 miles	15
Des Arc	6.2 miles	14
Mooresville (historical)	7.2 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60068. 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.