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Haretown, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Caddo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71962. The Survey maps it on the Okolona North quadrangle.

Haretown within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

56 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Haretown between 1993 and 2019, burning about 391 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 12 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 burning20
Arson/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
28 September 2011Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance102 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2005Debris and open burning19 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Haretown: 5 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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
Arkansas PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Delight PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haretown in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2015: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
May 2015Flash FloodHaretown$10,000Widespread flooding was observed across the county, with several roads closed. Highways 67, 26, 7, and 51 were all closed, along with several county roads. A water rescue was completed as a vehicle attempted to cross a flooded low water crossing.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHaretown$1,000A tree was blown down on Okolona Rd.

Every storm recorded in Clark 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
Meeks Settlement1.7 miles10
Pike Junction2.2 miles10
Okolona2.5 miles15
Love Creek3.2 miles10
Smyrna3.4 miles10
Clear Spring3.5 miles10
Bethel4.6 miles10
Halfway5.2 miles10

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122551819The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57882. 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.