BlockWyles, Arkansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Franks Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72335. It stands on Wyles Pond Slough. The Survey maps it on the Dansby 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
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1939 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Dansby quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:62500
- 1984 USGS Helena quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Helena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
32 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Wyles (historical) between 1997 and 2017, burning about 682 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 June 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 June 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 April 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wyles (historical): 1 past producer. 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 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 83060. 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.