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Lilley, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71701. It stands on Brushy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eagle Mills quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lilley within Ouachita 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

175 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Lilley (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 970 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 54 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
Arson/incendiarism54
Debris and open burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Equipment and vehicle use20
Natural13
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
9 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2003Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined194 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionCHAPEL CREEK
30 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ouachita 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 Lilley (historical): 10 past producers, 1 unknown. 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
Eagle MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ouachita 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
Onalaska (historical)0.1 miles16
Shumaker0.9 miles16
Vanduzer2.0 miles15
Eagle Mills2.2 miles16
Harmony Grove2.4 miles15
Camark2.8 miles15
Warner3.6 miles15
East Camden4.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64396. 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.