Cedar Glade, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Umpire Township. The Survey maps it on the Gillham Dam quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cedar Glade within Howard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

1913 USGS De Queen quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Gillham Dam quadrangle1:24000
1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS De Queen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

46 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Glade (historical) between 1997 and 2017, burning about 476 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 27 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	27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Natural	6
Debris and open burning	4
Equipment and vehicle use	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
30 September 2007	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	105 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	UMPIRE
2 September 2000	Natural	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2015	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2005	Natural	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard 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 Cedar Glade (historical): 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Antimony, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Stewart May	Antimony, Lead	Producer	Siderite, Stibnite
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Antimony Bluff Mine	Diatomite	Past Producer
May Mine	Diatomite	Past Producer
Stewart Mine	Diatomite	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Howard 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Smyrna (historical)	2.1 miles	14
Antimony (historical)	3.0 miles	14
Valley Ridge (historical)	3.4 miles	14
Galena	3.5 miles	18
Duckett Ford	3.9 miles	17
Burg	4.9 miles	14
Battle Hill (historical)	5.1 miles	18
Oreb (historical)	5.7 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62549. 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.