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Buzzard Roost, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in West Griggs Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72031. It stands on Bradley Branch. The Survey maps it on the Scotland quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Buzzard Roost within Van Buren County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

81 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Buzzard Roost (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 696 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined30
Debris and open burning23
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Van Buren County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Buzzard Roost (historical): 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkStonePast Producer
Mitchell Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Van Buren County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Van Buren 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
Shake Rag (historical)1.2 miles15
Walnut Grove2.5 miles15
Clinton2.9 miles15
Butter Creek (historical)3.4 miles15
Culpepper4.1 miles15
Crabtree4.5 miles15
Archey (historical)5.0 miles16
Choctaw5.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 68649. 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.