Cornhill, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Paraclifta Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71846. It stands on Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ben Lomond quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cornhill within Sevier County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

1950 USGS Ben Lomond quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1951 USGS Ben Lomond quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

64 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Cornhill (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 874 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined	26
Arson/incendiarism	15
Debris and open burning	11
Natural	6
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Smoking	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
7 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	18 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2011	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2015	Debris and open burning	12 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2003	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	212 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	RED BARN
10 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	74 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 August 2011	Natural	9.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sevier 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 Cornhill (historical): 1 unknown. None of them still produces. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Sevier 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Cowlingsville	1.8 miles	11
Brownstown	3.1 miles	11
Paraloma	4.0 miles	11
White Cliffs	4.2 miles	11
Ben Lomond	4.7 miles	11
Milford	5.2 miles	10
Pennys	7.1 miles	10
Millers Crossing	7.8 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 67313. 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.