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Windamere, 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 72209. It lies near Mitchell Hill. The Survey maps it on the Little Rock quadrangle.

Windamere within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 surveys from 26 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

65 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Windamere between 1997 and 2019, burning about 280 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
23 September 2002Debris and open burning15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2016Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2011Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2006Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 2011Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 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 of 55 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 55 workings within 5 miles of Windamere: 50 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Clay. 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
Elkins PitClayProducer
No NameLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Unknown S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Arch Street QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Sweet Home Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Alford-Ross DepositAluminumUnknown
Bates DepositAluminumUnknown
Berger PlantAluminumPast Producer
Birnbach 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
Cloverdale0.7 miles26
McClellan Place0.8 miles26
Rusty Pines0.9 miles26
Arbor Cove0.9 miles26
Wakefield Village1.0 miles26
Beverly Terrace1.1 miles26
Base Line1.1 miles26
American Manor1.2 miles26

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.

Wikidata item Q122563427The 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 68635. 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.