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Lake Ridge, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Township 1. It lies in ZIP code area 72067. It stands on Rocky Branch. The Survey maps it on the Brownsville quadrangle.

Lake Ridge within Cleburne 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

53 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Lake Ridge between 1998 and 2020, burning about 447 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony2

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
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2015Debris and open burning26 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2012Debris and open burning16 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2010Arson/incendiarism15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cleburne County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lake Ridge: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Heber Springs Quarry & MillSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStone, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cleburne 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
Tannenbaum1.6 miles16
Budd Creek1.7 miles16
Shiloh (historical)3.1 miles15
Lone Pine3.2 miles15
Brownsville3.2 miles16
Miller (historical)3.8 miles16
Post Oak4.9 miles15
Greers Ferry5.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69499. 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.