Valley Ridge, Arkansas

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.

• 1913 USGS De Queen quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
• 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
• 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
• 1964 USGS Gillham Dam quadrangle1:24000
• 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
• 1986 USGS De Queen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Valley Ridge (historical) between 1997 and 2017, burning about 503 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 25 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.

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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Antimony (historical)
• Burg
• Cedar Glade (historical)
• Battle Hill (historical)
• Galena
• Smyrna (historical)

Every fire recorded in Howard County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Valley Ridge (historical): 6 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite, Antimony, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Howard County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62696. 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.