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Rosedale, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Center Point Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71852. It stands on Brushy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Silver Ridge quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Rosedale within Howard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

68 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Rosedale (historical) between 1997 and 2015, burning about 432 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 30 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/incendiarism30
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Natural5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
9 September 2005Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2003Arson/incendiarism15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2000Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2005Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard 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 Rosedale (historical): 5 unknowns. 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

Every working recorded in Howard 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
Mount Carmel3.6 miles14
Sunshine (historical)4.0 miles14
Blue Bayou4.6 miles14
Oak Hill (historical)5.3 miles14
Forgy (historical)5.6 miles14
Center Point6.0 miles12
Martha (historical)6.6 miles14
Bethany7.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62664. 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.