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Oak Ridge, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Big Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72416. The Survey maps it on the Bono quadrangle.

Oak Ridge within Craighead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Oak Ridge between 1999 and 2017, burning about 151 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism1

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
19 September 1999Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 May 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 May 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 April 2003Debris and open burning25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 March 2006Arson/incendiarism80 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 March 2003Debris and open burning20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 November 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Craighead County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Oak Ridge: 6 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Jonesboro Brick CoClayUnknown
Jonesboro Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Craighead County

Storms near this place

13 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Ridge in 13 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 6 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2016Flash FloodOak Ridge1 hurt, $2,100,000Street flooding reported in west Jonesboro with 6 to 8 inches of water covering roadways at the intersection of Matthews and Madison roads. Several roadways across town have been closed by Law Enforcement. Stranded cars in flood water have also been reported. One child was swept into a storm drain and suffered injuries in the Wesley Court section of Jonesboro.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindOak Ridge$50,000Trees and power lines down in west Jonesboro.
February 2019Heavy RainOak Ridge$25,000A manufacturing plant's roof collapsed due to excess rainfall.
August 2021Flash FloodOak Ridge$20,000Flash flooding occurred from eastern Jonesboro through the downtown area. Multiple roads flooded and several cars were stranded.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindOak Ridge$2,000Trees blocking Highway 91 near Westside school.
May 2008HailOak Ridge$2,000Quarter size hail fell at the intersection of Dan Avenue and Highway 63 in Jonesboro.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindOak Ridge$1,000Straight line winds flipped and tossed about a 14 ft. flat bottom boat which had no motor on it. The winds impaled it up onto a second story I-Beam support structure.
May 2008HailOak Ridge$1,000Penny size hail fell on Dan Avenue in Jonesboro.
February 2019FloodOak Ridge-Big Creek west of town is over it's banks and causing areal flooding.
February 2019Flash FloodOak Ridge-West Parker Road and Lacy Drive underwater.
July 2015Flash FloodOak Ridge-Heavy rain produced flash flooding south of Bono. Highway 63 was flooded with about a foot of water as a result.
June 2009Flash FloodOak Ridge-Heavy rain produced flash flooding in portions of Craighead County. Numerous streets in Jonesboro were flooded. In addition, a few roads near Bay were under water as well.
May 2008Flash FloodOak Ridge-Heavy rain produced flash flooding in Jonesboro along Washington Street.

Every storm recorded in Craighead 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
March (historical)1.1 miles11
Bono1.4 miles11
Dorothy2.1 miles11
Nalle2.8 miles11
Herman2.9 miles11
Fiftysix4.1 miles11
Nemo4.3 miles11
Philadelphia4.4 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64696. 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.