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Wakefield Village, Arkansas

26 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 72209. The Survey maps it on the Little Rock quadrangle.

Wakefield Village within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 surveys from 26 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

49 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Wakefield Village between 1997 and 2019, burning about 273 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism11
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
9 September 2016Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2002Debris and open burning15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2016Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2011Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2006Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 63 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 63 workings within 5 miles of Wakefield Village: 50 unknowns, 9 producers, 4 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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
Unknown S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Arkansas Calcine MillClayProducer
Elkins PitClayProducer
HoffmanClayProducer
Little Rock Industrial Minerals PntClayProducer
Arch Street PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Arch Street QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Granite Mountain MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Granite Mountain Quarry #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Granite Mountain Quarry #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Applegate0.7 miles26
Arbor Cove0.9 miles26
Gum Springs0.9 miles26
Windamere1.0 miles26
Geyer Springs1.1 miles26
Base Line1.4 miles26
Meadowcliff1.4 miles26
Ward1.5 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58810. 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.