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Big Hill, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Township 3. It lies in ZIP code area 71744. The Survey maps it on the Chambersville quadrangle.

Big Hill within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

53 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Big Hill between 2001 and 2018, burning about 3,484 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism13
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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 2005Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2003Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,070 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionGRIMMETT
17 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Big Hill: 20 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 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
Holly Springs Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Big Hill in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2014: 1 hail, 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
June 2014Thunderstorm WindBig Hill$1,000A tree fell across Calhoun County Road 62.
January 2012HailBig Hill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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
Watson2.5 miles12
Elberta (historical)3.0 miles12
Levit (historical)3.5 miles12
Ellisville3.9 miles12
Tinsman4.0 miles12
Green Hall (historical)5.6 miles12
Chambersville5.7 miles12
Lindale (historical)6.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57373. 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.