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Baker Hollow, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Spring Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72675. It lies near Williams Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Marshall quadrangle.

Baker Hollow within Searcy County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

150 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Baker Hollow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,618 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 74 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/incendiarism74
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Debris and open burning23
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
3 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2000Smokingunder an acreBuffalo National RiverDUFFER
4 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 1995Smokingunder an acreBuffalo National RiverNORTHSIDE
9 June 2011Arson/incendiarism97 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 May 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBuffalo National RiverUNDERGROUND WF
28 May 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBuffalo National RiverDRIFTPILE1
28 May 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBuffalo National RiverDRIFTPILE2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Searcy County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Baker Hollow: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Buffalo River Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Searcy County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Searcy County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Searcy County

Storms near this place

1 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baker Hollow in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2009Flash FloodBaker Hollow$5,000Minor flooding occurred across low lying areas.

Every storm recorded in Searcy 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
Lebanon (historical)1.3 miles17
Zack2.9 miles17
Buroak3.0 miles19
Zeb (historical)3.1 miles19
Jameson (historical)3.1 miles17
Silver Hill3.1 miles17
Dongola3.1 miles19
Gilbert3.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57305. 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.