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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1887 USGS Mount Ida #2 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Mount Ida quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1890 USGS Mt Ida quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Parks quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lake Ouachita quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harvey quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
30 since 1995Regional 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/incendiarism | 12 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Other causes | 3.1 acres | Ouachita National Forest | CEDAR CREEK |
| 17 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | ALLEN CREEK |
| 17 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | ABBOTT#1 |
| 17 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | ABBOTT#2 |
| 17 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | ABBOTT#3 |
| 12 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | WEST 970 |
| 6 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | BIRTHDAY |
| 29 August 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | LITTLE CEDAR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okay Pit & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | Hail | Cedar Creek | - | Golf-ball sized hail fell near Cedar Creek. |
| February 2020 | Flash Flood | Cedar Creek | - | Several low water crossings were flooded in southeast Scott County. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cedar Creek | - | Thunderstorm winds blew off a portion of the roof of a chicken house. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cedar Creek | - | Several homes sustained roof damage. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Cedar Creek | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cedar Creek | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forester | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Parks | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Harvey | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Buck Knob | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Keener | 7.3 miles | 31 | |
| Nebraska (historical) | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| Little Texas | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| Olio | 9.0 miles | 16 |
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 Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65122713 | The 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.









