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Oak Grove, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Miller Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71665. The Survey maps it on the Calmer quadrangle.

Oak Grove within Cleveland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

129 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove between 2001 and 2019, burning about 1,089 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 23 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 burning54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Arson/incendiarism23
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined55 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2004Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2011Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2011Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cleveland County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Oak Grove: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Titanium. 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 Bauxite DistrictAluminum, TitaniumProducerWEATHERING RESIDUAL
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 Cleveland 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
Calmer0.8 miles12
Friendship2.0 miles12
Rowell4.4 miles12
Lehigh (historical)4.8 miles9
Randall5.2 miles9
Eunice6.6 miles16
Mount Zion6.8 miles9
Toledo7.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58284. 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.