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Oliver, Arkansas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72958. It stands on Jerico Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cauthron quadrangle.

Oliver within Scott County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

50 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Oliver between 1992 and 2020, burning about 940 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined11
Debris and open burning10
Natural9
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony4
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
23 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresOuachita National ForestLOTT FIRE
11 September 2002Smoking70 acresOuachita National ForestDOGWOOD
10 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOuachita National Forestnot named
1 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2020Naturalunder an acreOuachita National ForestSLATE FALLS
30 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresOuachita National ForestDOGWOOD MOUNTAIN
3 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use43 acresOuachita National ForestSAW FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scott County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Oliver: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Scott County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Scott 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
Bryan1.9 miles31
Cauthron2.1 miles21
Hon4.2 miles31
Sensation (historical)4.2 miles20
Morgan Springs4.7 miles21
Winfield5.0 miles31
Brawley6.0 miles20
Evening Shade6.7 miles31

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on OliverAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65122799The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 72942. 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.