BlockWoods, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Township 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72756. The Survey maps it on the Bentonville South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1899 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1904 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Bentonville South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Woods (historical) between 1998 and 2016, burning about 341 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 April 1998 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 April 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | BEN1502744 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Woods (historical): 5 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Spur | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Little Flock | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Rogers | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Bentonville | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Electric Springs (historical) | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Hart (historical) | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Avoca | 4.9 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76098. 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.