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Hall, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Calf Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72675. It lies near Point Peter. The Survey maps it on the Eula quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hall within Searcy County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 20 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

126 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Hall (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,396 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 58 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
Arson/incendiarism58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Debris and open burning13
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony4
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
19 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1998Smoking6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2001Natural4.2 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsAUGUST
2 August 2012Natural1.2 acresBuffalo National RiverMCCUTCHEON GAP SOUTH
15 August 2012Natural5.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsICELEDO
24 July 2011Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresBuffalo National RiverHANGOVER BLUFF
13 July 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBuffalo National RiverWOOLUMPILE
7 June 1997Arson/incendiarism120 acresBuffalo National RiverFLAT ROCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Searcy County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hall (historical): 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc. 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
Belle of Wichita MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Upper Cave CreekLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Searcy 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
Eula1.7 miles20
Dry Creek (historical)2.1 miles20
Point Peter2.3 miles20
Horn Mountain (historical)2.7 miles20
Woolum3.2 miles20
Snowball3.8 miles19
Blanco4.1 miles19
Slicker (historical)4.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69960. 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.