Oak Flat, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72629. It lies near Bear Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Leslie quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Oak Flat within Van Buren County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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.

1892 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
1901 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Leslie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

66 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Oak Flat (historical) between 1998 and 2018, burning about 2,855 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 29 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/incendiarism	29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	23
Debris and open burning	12
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Natural	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
3 September 2005	Natural	6.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 August 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
10 June 2011	Debris and open burning	35 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
8 April 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	80 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
8 April 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 April 2006	Arson/incendiarism	12 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 April 2004	Arson/incendiarism	56 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 April 2000	Arson/incendiarism	12 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Van Buren County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Oak Flat (historical): 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
J E Ferguson	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Past Producer
Unk	Stone	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Van Buren 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Dennard	1.6 miles	15
Rocky Hill	2.7 miles	16
Botkinburg	5.1 miles	16
Elba	5.5 miles	15
Plant	5.7 miles	16
Half Moon	6.6 miles	15
Old Botkinburg	7.2 miles	16
Woolum	7.2 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 68681. 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.