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Rose Creek, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Rose Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72025. It stands on Little Rose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Adona quadrangle.

Rose Creek within Perry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

60 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Rose Creek between 1999 and 2020, burning about 2,996 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 8 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 burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
9 September 2004Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2011Arson/incendiarism15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2012Natural7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2000Arson/incendiarism1,401 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry 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 Rose Creek: 4 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Clay, Stone. 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
Fitch ProspectManganeseProspect
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Perry 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
Homewood2.5 miles18
Casa4.2 miles18
Adona5.2 miles18
Aplin6.3 miles14
West Aplin6.4 miles14
Cherry Hill8.0 miles15
Nimrod8.6 miles13
Deberrie8.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2771904. 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.