Saint Charles, 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.

Saint Charles 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.

1891 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000
1893 USGS Camp Pike quadrangle1:125000
1893 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1943 USGS Pinnacle Mtn quadrangle1:31680
1954 USGS Pinnacle Mountain quadrangle1:24000
1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Pinnacle Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1975 USGS Pinnacle Mountain quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
1986 USGS Pinnacle Mountain quadrangle1:24000
1994 USGS Pinnacle Mountain quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

30 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Saint Charles between 1998 and 2019, burning about 307 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 burning	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Recreation and ceremony	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Arson/incendiarism	3
Natural	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 1998	Debris and open burning	75 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2000	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2010	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	20 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 August 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
13 August 2015	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
13 August 2012	Natural	6.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not 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 Saint Charles: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Arkansas Calcine Mill	Clay	Producer
No Name	Slate, Dimension	Unknown
Quartz Crystal Prospect	Silica	Unknown
Pulaski County Rock Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Tayor Quarry & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unknown Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Saint Thomas	0.3 miles	20
Rock Creek	0.5 miles	20
Parkway Place	0.7 miles	20
Hillsborough	0.8 miles	20
Turtle Creek	0.8 miles	20
Timber Ridge	0.9 miles	25
Pleasant Valley Estates	1.0 miles	20
Woodland Hills	1.2 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 68512. 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.