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White Rock, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Fayetteville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72704. The Survey maps it on the Wheeler quadrangle. It stands 1,250 feet above sea level.

White Rock within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

26 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of White Rock between 1998 and 2018, burning about 85 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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 1998Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2012Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2012Natural4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of White Rock: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, 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
UnkLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Cove Creek Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Wheeler2.4 miles18
Farmington2.6 miles19
Wedington Woods3.2 miles18
Jabur (historical)3.4 miles18
Starks3.6 miles18
Appleby4.0 miles19
Steele4.5 miles18
McNair4.5 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on White RockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7995324The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 74125. 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.