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Glenlake, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Victoria Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71601. The Survey maps it on the Ladd quadrangle.

Glenlake within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

10 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Glenlake between 2003 and 2018, burning about 138 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2004Arson/incendiarism40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2004Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2010Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2005Debris and open burning25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 June 2007Arson/incendiarism54 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 February 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 November 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Glenlake: 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, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Atkins Lake1.2 miles16
Fairfield1.4 miles16
Cottondale1.8 miles15
Noble Lake2.3 miles15
Lamberts (historical)2.4 miles16
Madding3.7 miles15
Ladd3.8 miles16
Ray Station (historical)4.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57822. 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.