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Bunker Hill, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Houston Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72070. It lies near Toms Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Houston quadrangle.

Bunker Hill within Perry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

67 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Bunker Hill between 1998 and 2020, burning about 440 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined23
Debris and open burning20
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

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 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2015Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Bunker Hill: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Stone, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Copperas Gap Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Harris ProspectManganeseProducer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
Vaught ProspectManganeseProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Perry 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
Houston2.9 miles17
Copperas Gap (historical)2.9 miles17
Stony Point3.4 miles17
New Dixie3.5 miles17
Dixie (historical)4.7 miles17
Bigelow5.2 miles17
Nogal5.4 miles17
Graytown5.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76466. 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.