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Oak Forest, Arkansas

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Big Rock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72204. The Survey maps it on the Little Rock quadrangle.

Oak Forest within Pulaski County

On record in Oak Forest

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 8 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 surveys from 26 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

3 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Oak Forest between 1998 and 2007, burning about 26 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
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
1 September 2007Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 March 2007Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 March 1998Recreation and ceremony1.0 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 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Oak Forest: 8 producers, 5 unknowns, 2 past producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Clay. 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
Mablevale AreaAluminumUnknown
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
Arch Street QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Big Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

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
Pulaski Heights1.2 miles21
Pulaski2.1 miles21
Brownwood Terrace2.1 miles26
Little Rock2.1 miles26
Douglasville2.5 miles26
Cammack Village2.7 miles21
Rosedale2.7 miles26
Sheraton Park2.8 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58283. 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.