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Ridgeway, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72601. It stands on Rolands Fork. The Survey maps it on the Batavia quadrangle.

Ridgeway within Boone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 12 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

22 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Ridgeway between 1997 and 2017, burning about 390 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
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
3 August 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 April 1997Debris and open burning8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 April 2004Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 April 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 March 2003Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 March 2001Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 March 1997Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 March 2008Debris and open burning9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boone County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ridgeway: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc. 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
Carrollton Lode ClaimZincOccurrenceSmithsonite, Sphalerite
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Boone County

Storms near this place

4 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ridgeway in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2017: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2017HailRidgeway-no account filed
June 2012HailRidgeway-no account filed
March 2006HailRidgeway-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindRidgeway-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boone 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
Prosperity1.1 miles12
Lick Branch1.5 miles12
Bear Creek Springs1.8 miles12
Francis2.2 miles12
Little Arkansaw2.6 miles12
Burlington4.4 miles12
Batavia4.4 miles12
Shaver (historical)4.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58489. 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.