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Westwood, 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 72204. It lies near Fourche Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Little Rock quadrangle.

Westwood within Pulaski County

On record in Westwood

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 2 records

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

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

15 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Westwood between 1998 and 2017, burning about 111 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 burning6
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
23 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2007Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2012Natural6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2012Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 2006Misuse of fire by a minor10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 June 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 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 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Westwood: 14 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Slate, Dimension. 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
Arkansas Calcine MillClayProducer
No NameLimestone, DimensionUnknown
No NameSlate, DimensionUnknown
Unknown S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Arch Street QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Pulaski County Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
East Bauxite AreaAluminumUnknown
Mablevale AreaAluminumUnknown

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
Azalea Place0.3 miles26
Pecan Lake0.7 miles25
Douglasville0.8 miles26
Tall Timbers West0.9 miles25
Rosedale1.0 miles26
Meadowcliff1.2 miles26
Westbrook1.3 miles25
Ponderosa1.3 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 56211. 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.