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Red Oak, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lake Hamilton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71913. It stands on White Oak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hot Springs South quadrangle.

Red Oak within Garland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

87 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Red Oak between 1997 and 2020, burning about 324 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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 burning40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism11
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2

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
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1997Arson/incendiarism30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garland 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 Red Oak: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Niobium (Columbium), Barium-Barite, Clay. 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
Arkansas Power and Light Company PropertyFluorine-Fluorite, PyritePast Producer
Chamberlain CreekBarium-BariteProducer
No NameClayPast Producer
Potash Sulfur SpringsNiobium (Columbium)Occurrence
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Garland County

Storms near this place

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Oak in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011Thunderstorm WindRed Oak$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew trees down.
July 2013LightningRed Oak$1,000Lightning started a brush fire.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindRed Oak-Large tree limbs were blown down and onto powerlines near Red Oak.
June 2023HailRed Oak-Tennis ball sized hail fell at Red Oak.
December 2012HailRed Oak-Nickel size hail fell at Carpenter Dam.
August 2008HailRed Oak-Winds were estimated at 50 to 60 mph on Arkansas Highway 290.
March 2010HailRed Oak-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Garland 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
Lake Hamilton3.9 miles11
Lake Catherine4.0 miles12
Spring Lake (historical)4.6 miles12
Potash Sulphur Springs (historical)4.9 miles12
Price5.5 miles12
Euclid Heights5.7 miles15
Hot Springs6.0 miles15
Rockwell6.7 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57166. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.