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Harlow, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Township 2. It lies in ZIP code area 71766. The Survey maps it on the Bearden quadrangle.

Harlow within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

102 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Harlow between 1997 and 2020, burning about 820 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined29
Debris and open burning23
Arson/incendiarism20
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural10
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
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
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2015Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2005Debris and open burning307 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Natural7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Harlow: 6 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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
Bearden-Holly Springs MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand 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 Calhoun County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harlow in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2019: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2009Thunderstorm WindHarlow$15,000Numerous large trees were down outside of Thornton along U.S. Highway 79.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindHarlow-Trees were reported blown down.

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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
Little Bay2.1 miles16
Hopeville2.9 miles16
Green Hall (historical)4.3 miles12
Thornton4.5 miles12
Elberta (historical)7.0 miles12
Chambersville7.2 miles12
Ebenezer9.3 miles12
Smead (historical)9.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57884. 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.