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Barham, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Red Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71726. The Survey maps it on the Chidester quadrangle.

Barham within Ouachita County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

75 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Barham between 1998 and 2018, burning about 431 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 22 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/incendiarism22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Debris and open burning19
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 2011Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2006Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1999Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ouachita County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Barham: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Clay, 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
Hope Brick Co PitClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
ChidesterClayPast Producer
No NameClayPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ouachita County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barham in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBarham-Numerous large trees were blown down at White Oak Lake State Park.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Red Hill2.1 miles16
Chidester2.3 miles16
Sayre2.8 miles17
Van Wagoner (historical)4.5 miles15
Bragg City5.4 miles15
Good Hope5.5 miles16
Wyloe (historical)6.0 miles15
Wise (historical)7.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 56917. 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.