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Clear Lake, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72150. The Survey maps it on the Hardin quadrangle.

Clear Lake within Grant 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.

Fires near this place

147 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Clear Lake between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,745 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 41 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 burning47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Arson/incendiarism41
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
9 September 2006Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionJEF8068585
29 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2016Arson/incendiarism25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1997Smoking3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Clear Lake: 6 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
Jefferson County Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
McKenzie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Grant 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
Junet2.4 miles9
Prague3.8 miles9
Center Grove3.9 miles9
Amber (historical)4.5 miles12
Darysaw (historical)5.4 miles10
Ebb5.5 miles9
Walnut Ridge6.2 miles12
Obin (historical)8.1 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60622. 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.