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Glaze Creek, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Siloam Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72444. The Survey maps it on the Maynard quadrangle.

Glaze Creek within Randolph County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Glaze Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 601 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
12 September 1997Debris and open burning37 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2010Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2007Debris and open burning20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2007Debris and open burning30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2007Debris and open burning11 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 April 2016Debris and open burning24 acresMissouri Department of Conservation135631-09100-04082016-1405

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph 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 Glaze Creek: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Randolph 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
Old Siloam2.2 miles11
Minorca2.2 miles12
Supply2.7 miles12
Middlebrook2.7 miles11
Pitman3.2 miles12
Maynard4.2 miles11
Brakebill4.5 miles11
Elkins Park4.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 70170. 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.