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Post Oak, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Township 1. It lies in ZIP code area 72067. It lies near Poker Hill. The Survey maps it on the Greers Ferry quadrangle.

Post Oak within Cleburne County

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.

Fires near this place

68 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Post Oak between 1997 and 2020, burning about 951 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 28 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/incendiarism28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Natural1

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
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2000Smoking5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1998Arson/incendiarism25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cleburne County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Post Oak: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
UnkStone, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
Pryor MtnSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cleburne 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
Greers Ferry0.3 miles15
Higden1.4 miles15
Lone Pine1.9 miles15
Edgemont2.3 miles15
Whispering Springs3.1 miles15
Shiloh (historical)3.2 miles15
Budd Creek3.3 miles16
Sunny Slope4.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69516. 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.