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Red Rock, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1992. It stands in White Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72683. It stands on Honey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Parthenon quadrangle.

Red Rock within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 13 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

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Red Rock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,318 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 16 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 burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism16
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
3 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1999Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsBOUNDARY
28 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2012Naturalunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsHUDSON MT.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Red Rock: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Lead. 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
BierbaumLeadPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Newton 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
Gum Springs2.4 miles13
Vendor3.8 miles14
Mount Judea4.0 miles14
Crossroad4.1 miles13
Piercetown4.9 miles14
Holt (historical)5.7 miles15
Parthenon6.2 miles13
Wayton6.3 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 73265. 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.