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Cedar Creek, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 6. It lies in ZIP code area 72950. It stands on Hughes Branch. The Survey maps it on the Harvey quadrangle.

Cedar Creek within Scott County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

30 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Creek between 1995 and 2020, burning about 279 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 12 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
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural6
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
7 September 2019Other causes3.1 acresOuachita National ForestCEDAR CREEK
17 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOuachita National ForestALLEN CREEK
17 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOuachita National ForestABBOTT#1
17 September 2000Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresOuachita National ForestABBOTT#2
17 September 2000Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresOuachita National ForestABBOTT#3
12 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresOuachita National ForestWEST 970
6 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOuachita National ForestBIRTHDAY
29 August 1998Natural1.0 acresOuachita National ForestLITTLE CEDAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scott County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Creek: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Okay Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/Broken, ClayProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Scott County

Storms near this place

6 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar Creek in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2024HailCedar Creek-Golf-ball sized hail fell near Cedar Creek.
February 2020Flash FloodCedar Creek-Several low water crossings were flooded in southeast Scott County.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindCedar Creek-Thunderstorm winds blew off a portion of the roof of a chicken house.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindCedar Creek-Several homes sustained roof damage.
April 2011HailCedar Creek-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindCedar Creek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Scott 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
Forester2.8 miles16
Parks5.1 miles16
Harvey6.0 miles16
Buck Knob6.4 miles15
Keener7.3 miles31
Nebraska (historical)8.4 miles16
Little Texas8.4 miles16
Olio9.0 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.

Wikipedia article on Cedar CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65122713The 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 76556. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.