BlockHalliday, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Bagwell Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72443. It stands on Locust Creek. The Survey maps it on the Paragould East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1940 USGS Marmaduke quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Marmaduke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Marmaduke quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Paragould East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Paragould quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Halliday between 2014 and 2015, burning about 20 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 March 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | GRE2267107 |
| 19 January 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 January 2015 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Halliday: 4 unknowns. 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.
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Halliday in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halliday | $15,000 | The upper portions of a wooden storage shed were blown across Highway 49. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halliday | $10,000 | Numerous trees down along County Road 517 and County Road 523 in the Halliday area. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halliday | - | Straight line winds produced damage around the Paragould area. Two restaurant signs were knocked down onto Highway 412. Roof damage also occurred to a few homes north of the intersection of Highway 49 and Highway 412. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halliday | - | Winds were estimated at 60 mph 5 miles northeast of Paragould. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton Belt | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Noxburn | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Unity | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Morning Star | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Oak Grove Heights | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Paris (historical) | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Bard | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Twin Oaks | 4.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57870. 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.