White Oak, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Batson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72949. The Survey maps it on the Hunt quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1906 USGS Batson quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Hunt quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of White Oak between 1992 and 2020, burning about 403 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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 | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | MAVERICK |
| 20 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 42 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | EAGLE NEST |
| 8 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 2001 | 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
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of White Oak: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk Quarries 2 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk Quarries 2 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk Quarries 3 | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Oak in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | White Oak | $15,000 | Flooding occurred in the Horsehead Lake area, causing roads to be under water. Law enforcement officers found that campers in the area were safe and away from the flood waters. Several other county roads along the bottom of the mountains were flooded. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | $5,000 | Trees were blown down in the Horsehead Lake area. |
| April 2020 | Hail | White Oak | - | Dime size hail covered the ground. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edna | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Oak Grove | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Linville (historical) | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Hunt | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Batson | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Smeadley (historical) | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Harmony | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Yale | 6.7 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 74114. 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.







