Wyloe, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Behestian Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71726. It stands on Hamilton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bragg City quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Wyloe within Ouachita County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

1903 USGS Camden quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Bragg City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000
1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

59 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Wyloe (historical) between 1999 and 2020, burning about 621 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 18 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
Arson/incendiarism	18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	18
Natural	14
Debris and open burning	6
Equipment and vehicle use	3

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
4 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 1999	Natural	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	30 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	6.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 2011	Natural	65 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 August 2012	Arson/incendiarism	7.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
31 August 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ouachita County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Wyloe (historical): 17 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
No Name	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
No Name	Clay	Past Producer
No Name	Clay	Past Producer
Unk	Clay	Past Producer
Jackson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Ouachita 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Lunet	2.2 miles	15
Tates Bluff	4.2 miles	15
Red Hill	4.2 miles	16
Van Wagoner (historical)	4.9 miles	15
Chidester	5.1 miles	16
Barham	6.0 miles	16
Bragg City	6.1 miles	15
Wise (historical)	6.2 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64418. 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.