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Barren Hollow, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Long Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72650. It lies near Grassy Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Harriet quadrangle.

Barren Hollow within Searcy County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

Fires near this place

69 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Barren Hollow between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,283 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 36 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/incendiarism36
Debris and open burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
7 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2011Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2005Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 2006Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 June 2012Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 April 2002Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Searcy County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Barren Hollow: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
UnkClayPast Producer

Every working 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
Rock Springs1.0 miles15
Lone Pine2.0 miles15
Morning Star2.9 miles15
Martin Box3.1 miles15
Baker3.2 miles15
Shilo (historical)3.2 miles15
Fairview3.5 miles15
Harriet3.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69953. 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.