Ray Station, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Plum Bayou Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72004. The Survey maps it on the Moscow quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ray Station within Jefferson 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.

1935 USGS Noble Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Moscow quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Noble Lake quadrangle1:62500
1986 USGS De Witt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

7 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Ray Station (historical) between 2001 and 2005, burning about 77 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
Arson/incendiarism	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Debris and open burning	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
6 September 2004	Arson/incendiarism	40 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2004	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 August 2005	Debris and open burning	25 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 July 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 July 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 October 2004	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 October 2005	Arson/incendiarism	6.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 Ray Station (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Madding	0.8 miles	15
Lake Dick	2.2 miles	14
New Gascony	2.3 miles	15
Atkins Lake	3.4 miles	16
Cottondale	3.7 miles	15
Noble Lake	3.9 miles	15
Cornerstone	4.0 miles	16
Fairfield	4.1 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60690. 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.