Green Ridge, Arkansas
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 9. It lies in ZIP code area 72958. It stands on Prairie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Waldron quadrangle.
On record in Green Ridge
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Mount Pleasant Methodist Churchlisted 1986 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 31 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.
- 1879 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1887 USGS Poteau Mountain #1 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1939 USGS Waldron quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1940 USGS Waldron quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Waldron quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Waldron quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Waldron quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Mena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
82 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Green Ridge between 1992 and 2019, burning about 682 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 17 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 burning | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | SKIDDER |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | BEE MTN. |
| 18 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Green Ridge in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2018: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green Ridge | $15,000 | Several outbuildings and a barn were damaged near the Tate community. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green Ridge | $5,000 | Trees were blown down on Arkansas 80. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green Ridge | - | Trees and power lines were blown down near the intersection of Mount Pleasant Rd. and Arkansas Hwy 80. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green Ridge | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Green Ridge | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Elm | 1.3 miles | 31 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 1.8 miles | 31 | |
| Waldron | 4.0 miles | 31 | |
| Colburn Spring (historical) | 4.6 miles | 31 | |
| The Pines | 4.6 miles | 31 | |
| Cardiff | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Anderson | 5.2 miles | 31 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 5.5 miles | 31 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Green Ridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65122762 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 66290. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.














