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Shoal Creek, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Shoal Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72851. It lies near Tater Hill. The Survey maps it on the New Blaine quadrangle.

Shoal Creek within Logan County

On record in Shoal Creek

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Shoal Creek between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,176 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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 burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural6
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2008Arson/incendiarism1.4 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsREDS FIRE
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined500 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2006Natural1.3 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsBROCK #2
13 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National Forestsnot named
1 September 2000Natural262 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsBROCK CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Logan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Shoal Creek: 17 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arkansas Cherry Blend Stone CoStone, DimensionPast Producer
Texas LedgestoneStone, DimensionPast Producer
Arkansas Rainbow Stone Quarry &MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Midway Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Needham Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
River Mountain Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rv MtnStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Logan 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 Scholastica1.1 miles20
Midway2.3 miles20
Prairie View2.9 miles20
Sommer (historical)3.0 miles20
Johnson3.4 miles20
New Blaine3.5 miles20
Ellsworth (historical)3.9 miles20
Dublin4.3 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78355. 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.