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Bee Rock, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Gray Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72143. It stands on Adler Creek. The Survey maps it on the Judsonia quadrangle.

Bee Rock within White County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

Fires near this place

63 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Bee Rock between 1997 and 2020, burning about 759 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 burning30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking3
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2004Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2000Smoking50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Bee Rock: 11 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Aydelott MineManganeseUnknown
UnkClayPast Producer
MidwestStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Searcy Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in White 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Fourmile Hill2.1 miles9
Searcy2.2 miles11
Plainview3.5 miles11
Doniphan4.1 miles14
Kensett4.9 miles14
Holly Springs4.9 miles11
Judsonia4.9 miles11
Albion5.1 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65037. 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.