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Oak Grove, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1990. It stands in District 1. It lies in ZIP code area 71866. The Survey maps it on the Arkinda quadrangle.

Oak Grove within Little River County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

76 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove between 1993 and 2019, burning about 682 acres in total. 7 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/incendiarism29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning15
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
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
8 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry10577
22 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Little River County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Oak Grove: 12 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnkClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
UnkLimestone, GeneralPast 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 Little River 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
Jewell0.9 miles11
Cross Roads1.6 miles11
Morris Ferry (historical)2.6 miles11
Winthrop3.2 miles10
Billingsleys Corner3.7 miles11
Cerrogordo5.8 miles11
Eastport6.0 miles11
Arkinda6.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60146. 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.