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Walnut Grove, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Taylor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71861. It stands on Little Crooked Creek. The Survey maps it on the Taylor quadrangle.

Walnut Grove within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

77 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Walnut Grove between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,310 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 22 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Arson/incendiarism22
Debris and open burning19
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined82 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Walnut Grove: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia 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
Western3.3 miles14
Taylor4.0 miles13
Plainfield4.3 miles14
Walkerville4.4 miles14
Rocky Mound5.0 miles15
Welcome5.2 miles13
Harmony5.2 miles15
Bussey6.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78678. 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.