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Oak Grove, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Caney Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71858. The Survey maps it on the Waterloo quadrangle.

Oak Grove within Nevada County

On record in Oak Grove

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

73 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove between 1997 and 2020, burning about 825 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
Arson/incendiarism23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural5
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2012Natural5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada 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 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, 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
UnkClayPast Producer
E IngramSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mccrea PropertyIronPast Producer
Rosston DepositsIronPast Producer
UnkIronPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkIronPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Nevada 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
Rosston1.9 miles15
Cale1.9 miles16
Ames2.1 miles16
Young3.6 miles16
Irma3.7 miles15
Waterloo3.8 miles16
New Mount Moriah (historical)4.0 miles15
Mount Moriah4.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58287. 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.