BlockCountry Road Estates, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Ward Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72007. It lies near Apple Hill. The Survey maps it on the Beebe quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Beebe quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Beebe quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
79 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Country Road Estates between 1997 and 2018, burning about 1,822 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 32 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 | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Country Road Estates: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauxite Exploration | Aluminum | Occurrence | Bauxite | |
| Cabot Quarry & Mill No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakridge Estates | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Bailey Addition | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Ward | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Austin | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| McDermott Addition | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Opal | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Pershing Addition | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Woodlawn Addition | 3.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 61225. 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.