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Lakewood, Arkansas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72116. It lies near Dark Hollow. The Survey maps it on the McAlmont quadrangle.

Lakewood within Pulaski County

On record in Lakewood

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 9 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 21 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

13 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Lakewood between 2000 and 2018, burning about 82 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined5
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
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
11 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 June 2012Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 June 2012Smoking10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Lakewood: 6 producers, 4 unknowns, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold. 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
Construction Products DivisionVermiculiteProducer
Little Rock PlantAluminum, ClayUnknown
Big Sandy No. 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Julius HessLead, Zinc, Copper, GoldUnknown
Kellog MineLead, Zinc, Copper, GoldUnknown
North Little Rock Plant and DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Arch Street PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Big Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Cabot QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Crystal HlStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Pulaski 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
Timber Creek0.9 miles21
Park Hill1.1 miles21
Silver Creek1.5 miles21
Tanglewood1.6 miles21
Sherwood1.8 miles21
Levy1.8 miles21
Melanie Park2.0 miles21
Fairman2.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58040. 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.