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White Oak, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1992. It stands in White Oak Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72949. It stands on Duncan Branch. The Survey maps it on the Watalula quadrangle.

White Oak within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 14 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 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of White Oak between 1999 and 2020, burning about 947 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use8
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
7 September 2001Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2010Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of White Oak: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone. 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
Chrisman Rock QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
White Oak Creek Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

3 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Oak in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2017Flash FloodWhite Oak$40,000Flood water inundated several homes along Highway 23 north of Ozark.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindWhite Oak$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew over a camper trailer at Pence Lane.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindWhite Oak-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a large tree.

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Felkner Town0.2 miles14
Watalula2.5 miles14
Mountain Grove2.9 miles14
Cravens3.1 miles14
Ozark4.4 miles19
Jethro4.5 miles14
Sutherland Crossroads4.7 miles14
South Ozark4.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78748. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.