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Oakhurst, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Holly Springs Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71763. It stands on White Oak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Princeton West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Oakhurst within Dallas County

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

53 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Oakhurst (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 381 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 11 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning13
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Natural25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2004Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Oakhurst (historical): 8 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
UnkSilicaPast Producer
Pit & Plant No 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Dallas 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
Jacinto3.2 miles16
Pine Grove4.3 miles15
Eagletie4.4 miles16
Holly Springs4.6 miles16
Cruse (historical)5.3 miles16
New Hope5.8 miles15
Ramsey7.3 miles16
Ouachita7.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60974. 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.