Fourmile Hill, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Gray Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72143. The Survey maps it on the Letona quadrangle.
On record in Fourmile 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 1 record
- Thomas Houselisted 1992
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Letona quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
53 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Fourmile Hill between 1997 and 2020, burning about 661 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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 burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Fourmile Hill: 6 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aydelott Mine | Manganese | Unknown | ||
| Searcy Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk Gravel Pits 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| White Pit No 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fourmile Hill in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2013: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fourmile Hill | $50,000 | Numerous large trees were blown down. A few of the trees landed on houses or mobile homes. A couple of houses had wind damage to their roofs. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Fourmile Hill | $10,000 | Numerous streets had to be barricaded in Searcy. In the 2 hours from 10 PM to Midnight CDT, 3.83 inches of rain fell at the Searcy airport. This total included 0.42 inch from 10:21 to 10:30 PM CDT, 0.47 inch from 10:30 to 10:39 PM, 0.53 inch from 10:39 to 10:48 PM, 0.43 inch from 10:48 to 10:56 PM, and 0.97 inch from 10:56 to 11:14 PM. |
| April 2013 | Lightning | Fourmile Hill | $10,000 | Lightning started a fire in the attic of a house. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fourmile Hill | - | Trees were down on Smith Road off of Arkansas Highway 16. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bee Rock | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Searcy | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Crosby | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Albion | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Holly Springs | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Smyrna | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Short (historical) | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Plainview | 5.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76968. 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.



