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Oak Park, Arkansas

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Upper Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72904. The Survey maps it on the Fort Smith quadrangle.

Oak Park within Sebastian County

On record in Oak Park

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 29 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

32 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Oak Park between 1996 and 2020, burning about 117 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sebastian County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Oak Park: 11 past producers, 7 producers, 1 plant. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
(Facility) Zinc SmelterZincPlant
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStoneProducer
UnkStonePast Producer
Fort Smith PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Arkhola Dredge & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ashland Sand& GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fort Smith Dredge & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sebastian County

Storms near this place

12 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Park in 12 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 5 flash flood, 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2019FloodOak Park1 killedNear catastrophic flooding occurred along the Arkansas River with residential subdivisions and businesses flooded in Fort Smith. Numerous roads were closed. A man drove around a barricade near Fort Chaffee on the 28th, was washed off the road into the flooded river, and drowned. Monetary damage from this flood is unknown.
May 2011Flash FloodOak Park$100,000A number of roads were flooded and closed in and around Fort Smith after more than 3.5 inches of rain fell in two hours. Water rescues were necessary as vehicles were driven into flood waters and became stranded. Flood water also damaged businesses and homes.
July 2023Flash FloodOak Park$75,000Widespread flooding was reported across the city of Fort Smith, with several water rescues conducted. At least three homes were impacted by flooding.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindOak Park$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and power lines.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindOak Park-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree in the River Park area.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindOak Park-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree on Riverfront Drive near Williams Lane.
June 2022Flash FloodOak Park-Portions of several roads were reported flooded across the north side of Fort Smith.
August 2018Flash FloodOak Park-Highway 59 was closed near Highway 64 due to high water. The bridge on Industrial Park Road in Van Buren was almost under water.
May 2015Flash FloodOak Park-Portions of Highway 255 were flooded and closed.
March 2026HailOak Park-no account filed
April 2023HailOak Park-no account filed
May 2020HailOak Park-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sebastian 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
Fort Smith3.1 miles29
Massard6.3 miles25
Mill Creek6.5 miles25
South Fort Smith6.9 miles25
Cavanaugh8.4 miles25
Bashe8.5 miles25
Barling8.7 miles25
Buell8.8 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58290. 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.

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.