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The Oaks, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Oak Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72023. The Survey maps it on the Oak Grove quadrangle.

The Oaks within Lonoke County

On record in The Oaks

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

11 surveys from 14 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

26 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of The Oaks between 2004 and 2017, burning about 323 acres in total. 2 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 burning11
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural2
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
5 September 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2008Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2008Natural7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 July 2006Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 July 2006Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lonoke County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of The Oaks: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum. 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
Bauxite ExplorationAluminumOccurrenceBauxite
Cabot Quarry & Mill No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Lonoke 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
Windwood Circle0.4 miles14
Evergreen Place0.5 miles14
Kingwood Addition0.7 miles19
Windwood Heights0.7 miles14
Castle Heights0.9 miles19
Whisperwood0.9 miles14
Country Club Addition0.9 miles19
Woodlawn Estates1.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 61288. 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.