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North Oaks, Arkansas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Hill Township. It lies near Big Rock Mountain. The Survey maps it on the North Little Rock quadrangle.

North Oaks within Pulaski County

On record in North Oaks

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 4 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

21 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of North Oaks between 1999 and 2018, burning about 94 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning5
Smoking2
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
7 August 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1999Debris and open burning4.0 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 Pulaski 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 North Oaks: 8 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 past producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Vermiculite. 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
Arkansas Calcine MillClayProducer
Construction Products DivisionVermiculiteProducer
Little Rock PlantAluminum, ClayUnknown
Rauch MineAluminumPast Producer
Big Sandy No. 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
North Little Rock Plant and DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Arch Street PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Big Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Cabot QuarryStone, 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
Levy0.9 miles21
Arrowhead Manor1.0 miles21
Amboy1.4 miles21
Pulaski1.5 miles21
Park Hill1.8 miles21
North Little Rock1.8 miles21
Foxboro1.8 miles21
Melanie Park2.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 68434. 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.