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South Ozark, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Middle Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72949. It stands on Gar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ozark quadrangle.

South Ozark within Franklin County

On record in South Ozark

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 7 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

84 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of South Ozark between 1997 and 2019, burning about 981 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 17 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 burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Arson/incendiarism17
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking1
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
7 September 2001Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2005Natural15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2011Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2006Natural7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2006Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of South Ozark: 12 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Flagstone. 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
Chrisman Rock QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
Gutrie IslandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Ozark0.5 miles19
Webb City0.8 miles19
Wiederkehr Village3.6 miles19
Poping3.6 miles19
Mountain Grove4.0 miles14
Altus4.3 miles19
White Oak4.8 miles14
Sutherland Crossroads4.9 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122538988The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58660. 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.