BlockOak Grove, 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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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
11 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove between 1998 and 2017, burning about 286 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 April 2004 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 32 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 February 2015 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 February 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Grove in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2017: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Grove | $1,000 | A tree was blown over with numerous branches down as well. Some shingles were removed from a house and some playground equipment was blown over. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Grove | - | Downed trees were blocking the roadway. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Carmel Estates | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Whispering Pines Addition | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Woodlawn | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Lincoln Terrace | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Cinnamon Acres | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Pine Hill Estates | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Shadow Oaks Addition | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Fulmer Field Estates | 2.6 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58289. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.