Oak Forest, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Oak Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72007. The Survey maps it on the Oak Grove quadrangle.

Oak Forest within Lonoke County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 14 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.

1940 USGS Lonoke quadrangle1:62500
1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
1949 USGS Lonoke quadrangle1:62500
1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Lonoke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Oak Grove quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

27 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Oak Forest between 2004 and 2017, burning about 583 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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
Debris and open burning	11
Arson/incendiarism	9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Natural	2

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
5 September 2011	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2011	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 August 2008	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 August 2008	Natural	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 2008	Natural	7.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
31 July 2006	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
24 July 2006	Arson/incendiarism	6.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
12 July 2006	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lonoke County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Oak Forest: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Bauxite Exploration	Aluminum	Occurrence	Bauxite
	Cabot Quarry & Mill No. 1	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Lonoke 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
Fulmer Field Estates	0.1 miles	14
Poage Addition	0.4 miles	14
Dogwood Meadows	0.5 miles	14
Shadow Oaks Addition	0.7 miles	14
Whispering Pines Addition	1.0 miles	14
Whisperwood	1.2 miles	14
Cedar Hills Estates	1.2 miles	14
Sellers Addition	1.2 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 61310. 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.