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Rock Creek, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Big Rock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72211. The Survey maps it on the Pinnacle Mountain quadrangle.

Rock Creek within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 20 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

37 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Rock Creek between 1998 and 2019, burning about 436 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 1998Debris and open burning75 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2007Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Rock Creek: 4 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Slate, Dimension, Silica, 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 Calcine MillClayProducer
No NameSlate, DimensionUnknown
Quartz Crystal ProspectSilicaUnknown
Pulaski County Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Tayor Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Pulaski 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
Saint Thomas0.3 miles20
Parkway Place0.4 miles20
Saint Charles0.5 miles20
Timber Ridge1.0 miles25
Hillsborough1.1 miles20
Turtle Creek1.3 miles20
Pleasant Valley Estates1.4 miles20
Mesa View1.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 68496. 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.