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Willowdale, Arkansas

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72117. It stands on Fourche Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sweet Home quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Willowdale within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 23 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

17 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Willowdale (historical) between 2005 and 2019, burning about 88 acres in total. None 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/undetermined10
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
22 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 June 2012Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 June 2016Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 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 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Willowdale (historical): 7 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Niobium (Columbium), Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Fourche Bayou DepositNiobium (Columbium)Occurrence
HoffmanClayProducer
Little Rock PlantAluminum, ClayUnknown
Little Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bruton DepositAluminumUnknown
Bruton ExtensionAluminumUnknown
Dixie Extension DepositAluminumUnknown
No.3AluminumUnknown
North Dixie DepositAluminumUnknown
Ratcliffe DepositAluminumUnknown

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
Charity (historical)0.5 miles23
Baucum2.1 miles23
Rose City2.9 miles21
Picron3.0 miles23
College Station3.1 miles23
Protho Junction3.2 miles21
Lansbrook3.4 miles21
Fourche (historical)3.6 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 75609. 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.