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Dennison Heights, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in McHue Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72501. It lies near Ramsey Hill. The Survey maps it on the Jamestown quadrangle.

Dennison Heights within Independence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

38 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Dennison Heights between 1997 and 2018, burning about 318 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1999Debris and open burning42 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2000Natural18 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 June 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Independence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Dennison Heights: 13 producers, 11 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Limestone, General, 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
Texas Lime Co PlantLimestone, DimensionProducer
Texas Line Co PitLimestone, DimensionProducer
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
Arkansas Lime CoStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Batesville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Crusher #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sheid QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownLimestone
Batesville MillLimestone, GeneralProducer
Champlain ProspectManganeseProspect

Every working recorded in Independence 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
Clearview Estates0.6 miles18
Bryant0.7 miles18
Riverview0.9 miles18
Bryant Woodland Heights1.5 miles20
Pegg Addition1.7 miles20
Eastwood Addition2.1 miles20
Desha2.2 miles18
Batesville2.2 miles20

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122554010The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57642. 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.