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Gray Rock, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Short Mountain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72855. It stands on Short Mountain Creek. The Survey maps it on the Paris quadrangle.

Gray Rock within Logan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

48 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Gray Rock between 1998 and 2018, burning about 368 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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 burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural2

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
18 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2004Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2001Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2012Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Logan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Gray Rock: 7 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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
Logan County Building Stone CoStone, Crushed/Broken, FlagstonePast Producer
MagazineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
S & W Rk QyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
Unk Quarries 2StonePast Producer
B & G Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Duffield QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Garland Cotton Sand & Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Logan 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
Kalamazoo3.3 miles20
Roseville3.4 miles19
Paris3.4 miles20
Carbon City3.9 miles19
Union4.3 miles20
Cotton Town5.6 miles20
Spielerville (historical)5.9 miles20
Subiaco6.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 71823. 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.