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.
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.
Matthews-Storey Houselisted 2015 · 0.2 miles away
Smith, Morgan, Dr., Houselisted 2009 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
18 surveys from 26 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1891 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Camp Pike quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS Alexander quadrangle1:48000
- 1935 USGS Alexander quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS Alexander quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 1998Regional 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 burning | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 2012 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 July 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 June 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Calcine Mill | Clay | Producer | ||
| No Name | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| No Name | Slate, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Unknown S & G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Arch Street Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Pulaski County Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| East Bauxite Area | Aluminum | Unknown | ||
| Mablevale Area | Aluminum | Unknown |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azalea Place | 0.3 miles | 26 | |
| Pecan Lake | 0.7 miles | 25 | |
| Douglasville | 0.8 miles | 26 | |
| Tall Timbers West | 0.9 miles | 25 | |
| Rosedale | 1.0 miles | 26 | |
| Meadowcliff | 1.2 miles | 26 | |
| Westbrook | 1.3 miles | 25 | |
| Ponderosa | 1.3 miles | 26 |
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.

















