Oga, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72533. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Onia quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Oga within Stone County

On record in Oga

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.

Roasting Ear Church and Schoollisted 1985 · 0.1 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

1892 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Onia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

128 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Oga (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,319 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 65 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/incendiarism	65
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	27
Debris and open burning	14
Recreation and ceremony	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	5
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Natural	3
Smoking	2
Fireworks	1
Other causes	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
30 September 1994	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	not named
29 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	FLAT
25 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	PHILL
20 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	TIE RIDGE
2 September 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	not named
19 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	134 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2000	Smoking	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stone County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Oga (historical): 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Copper, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Tantalum, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unk	Copper, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Tantalum, Zinc	Occurrence
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk	Stone	Producer
Unk	Stone	Producer
Unk	Stone	Producer

Every working recorded in Stone 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Pleasant Hill	2.2 miles	15
Onia	2.9 miles	15
Big Springs	3.5 miles	15
Fiftysix	3.7 miles	16
Hedges (historical)	3.9 miles	16
Newnata	4.4 miles	15
Timbo	5.6 miles	15
Alco	6.0 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65839. 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.