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Camark, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Bradley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71701. The Survey maps it on the Harmony Grove quadrangle.

Camark within Ouachita County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

134 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Camark between 1997 and 2020, burning about 337 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 29 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 burning38
Arson/incendiarism29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use18
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking5

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
6 September 2003Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ouachita County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Camark: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
CamdenSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eagle MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
GarnerSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ouchita County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Standard Gravel Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerbedded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ouachita 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
Vanduzer1.4 miles15
Harmony Grove1.6 miles15
Warner1.7 miles15
East Camden2.2 miles16
Kent2.5 miles15
Lilley (historical)2.8 miles16
Onalaska (historical)3.0 miles16
Shumaker3.5 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122557690The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57495. 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.