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Roark, Arkansas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in White Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71642. The Survey maps it on the Fountain Hill quadrangle.

Roark within Ashley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

53 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Roark between 2001 and 2019, burning about 1,347 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 13 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/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use12
Debris and open burning11
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
29 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined755 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionFOUNTAIN HILL
14 September 2004Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ashley County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Roark: 33 unknowns, 2 past producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Ashley 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
Fountain Hill1.6 miles9
Longview Crossing5.3 miles9
Riley5.5 miles13
Old Milo5.9 miles9
Berea6.5 miles13
Beech Creek Crossing6.9 miles9
Promised Land6.9 miles13
Mount Olive7.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57169. 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.