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Center Hill, Arkansas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Big Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72143. It stands on Hog Foot Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sidon quadrangle.

Center Hill within White County

On record in Center Hill

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

49 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Center Hill between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,026 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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
Debris and open burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
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
7 September 2004Debris and open burning20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2006Debris and open burning30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2001Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1998Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White 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 Center Hill: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Flagstone, 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
Dugout QuarryFlagstoneProducer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in White County

Storms near this place

19 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Center Hill in 19 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 8 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 heavy rain. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
March 2010Tornado (EF1)Center Hill2 hurt, $950,000Emergency management reports indicated one home and two mobile homes were destroyed, three homes received major damage, and 16 homes received minor damage. Two chicken houses had roof damage. One business, which repaired cars and farm equipment, was destroyed. A fire station and church suffered damage. Trees and power lines were knocked down. Two people received minor injuries.
May 2008Tornado (EF1)Center Hill$25,000Some trees were knocked down, one of which fell on a van.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindCenter Hill-Large tree limbs were blown down near the town of Center Hill.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCenter Hill-Some limbs were downed north of Center Hill.
March 2020Heavy RainCenter Hill-A trained spotter estimated two inches of rain fell near Center Hill.
April 2020HailCenter Hill-Ping pong ball size hail fell, and winds were estimated at 70 mph.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindCenter Hill-A storm spotter estimated winds of 70 mph in Center Hill.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindCenter Hill-Limbs were blown down near Center Hill.
September 2009Heavy RainCenter Hill-A resident of Center Hill measured 8.10 inches of rain in 21 hours.
September 2005Tornado (F2)Center Hill-A strong tornado was spawned on White County 5 miles to the southeast of Center Hill. The tornado moved to the northwest around the remnants of Hurricane Rita. Winds with the tornado were estimated to be about 155 mph. The tornado destroyed a house, welding shop and a mobile home. A church, as well as a number of other houses and mobile homes sustained heavy damage. Numerous trees and power lines were also downed along the path of the tornado. The tornado was on the ground close to 9 miles before lifting northwest of Center Hill.
May 2003Tornado (F2)Center Hill-A strong tornado was spawned roughly 1 mile west of Center Hill. The tornado moved northeast, with several large trees uprooted or snapped. There was damage to roofs of some structures, with barns and outbuildings damaged as well. The tornado dissipated about 4 miles northeast of Center Hill.
April 2022HailCenter Hill-no account filed
April 2022HailCenter Hill-no account filed
March 2011HailCenter Hill-no account filed
April 2006HailCenter Hill-no account filed
April 2003HailCenter Hill-no account filed
December 2002HailCenter Hill-no account filed
March 2001HailCenter Hill-no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindCenter Hill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in White 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
Harmony2.1 miles10
Smyrna2.2 miles9
Crosby3.0 miles9
Joy3.9 miles9
Gravel Hill4.9 miles9
Brundige (historical)5.1 miles10
Jarta (historical)5.1 miles9
Pickens5.9 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76567. 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.