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Hamilton, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Hale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71949. It stands on Ritter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hamilton quadrangle.

Hamilton within Garland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

175 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Hamilton between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,334 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 79 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/incendiarism79
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Debris and open burning25
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOuachita National ForestBUFFALO GAP
30 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOuachita National ForestPLUG
29 September 2014Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionGAR22988967
25 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOuachita National ForestTRAVIS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Hamilton: 10 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Quartz, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium. 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
No NameCalciumPast Producer
Terry QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blocker Lead QuartzQuartzProducer1940
John Mcearl TractQuartzProducer1940
Quartz Processing Corp. QuarryQuartzProducer
Colemans MillSilicaProducer
Dierks Quartz Area No.4SilicaPast Producer
Dierks Tract No 3SilicaPast Producer
J W Ellison TractSilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Garland County

Storms near this place

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hamilton in 1 storm report in 2011: 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
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Hamilton$500,000Thousands of trees were blown down on land belonging to private timber companies. An old house suffered severe damage, another house had its garage destroyed, and several outbuildings were damaged. The track of this tornado was close to Main Haul Rd. The tornado exited Garland County north-northeast of Beaudry and entered Saline County west-northwest of Electric.

Every storm recorded in Garland 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
Lena (historical)0.9 miles13
Blakely3.4 miles13
Jessieville3.8 miles13
Blue Springs3.8 miles13
Mountain Valley6.6 miles13
Hot Springs Village7.5 miles14
Beaudry (historical)7.5 miles14
Mountain Pine9.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 71886. 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.