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Pine Knot, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Crowley's Ridge Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72450. The Survey maps it on the Paragould West quadrangle.

Pine Knot within Greene County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

21 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Pine Knot between 1999 and 2020, burning about 268 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
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
6 September 1999Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Smoking5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2007Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 June 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 April 2000Arson/incendiarism35 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Pine Knot: 9 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
Cooper PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dwyer Pit No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Paragould PitSand 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 Greene 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
Finch2.0 miles14
Center Hill3.6 miles15
Green High3.7 miles15
Walcott4.0 miles14
Rock Hill4.0 miles15
Fairview4.2 miles15
Crowley4.5 miles15
Ebenezer4.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64869. 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.