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Green Hill, Arkansas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Saline Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71675. The Survey maps it on the Wilmar South quadrangle.

Green Hill within Drew County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

139 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Green Hill between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,370 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 48 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/undetermined64
Arson/incendiarism48
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2003Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined43 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Drew 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 Green Hill: 1 past producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Drew County

Storms near this place

7 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Green Hill in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2020Thunderstorm WindGreen Hill$50,000A large swath of thunderstorm wind damage was found from 7.5 miles southwest of Monticello moving southeast, ending near the town of Jerome. The damage to the trees and homes in this path were found to be consistent with 80 to 95 mph winds.
December 2015Tornado (EF1)Green Hill$50,000A roof of a home was blown off, landing onto a shed to the northwest of that home. Several trees were snapped or uprooted along the path.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindGreen Hill$15,000A tree fell on a car near Wilmar.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindGreen Hill$10,000A tree was blown down on a house.
October 2006Thunderstorm WindGreen Hill-Trees were blown down.
March 2014HailGreen Hill-no account filed
April 1996HailGreen Hill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Drew 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
New Hope2.6 miles9
Red Neck (historical)3.4 miles9
Allis4.4 miles9
Bowser (historical)4.7 miles9
Wilmar4.8 miles9
Oakwoods (historical)5.2 miles9
Tennessee5.3 miles9
College Heights5.4 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77064. 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.