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Hartley, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Gap Springs Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71972. It stands on Faulkner Branch. The Survey maps it on the Baker Springs quadrangle.

Hartley within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

38 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Hartley between 1996 and 2012, burning about 1,372 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 6 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
Natural15
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOuachita National ForestHIGHLAND
24 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2010Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2010Natural56 acresOuachita National ForestHOLLY BRANCH
7 August 2005Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2004Arson/incendiarism5.5 acresOuachita National ForestWEST CANEY
27 August 2005Natural185 acresOuachita National ForestSHORT CREEK FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Hartley: 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Barium-Barite. 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
Cossatot River MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Duncan,Dieckman & DuncanManganesePast Producer
Grady Lawrence MineManganesePast Producer
Pickell Mn ProspectManganeseOccurrence
ProspectManganeseProspect
W.Allen ClaimManganeseProspect

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hartley in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2018: 3 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
August 2012Thunderstorm WindHartley$10,000Trees were blown down in Cossatot River State Park.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindHartley$5,000Trees were blown down.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindHartley-Numerous trees were downed or snapped in the Shady Lake Recreation Area. Trees blocked roads and fell on structures.

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
Shady6.2 miles18
McCauley8.2 miles16
Bethel Chapel8.6 miles16
Wickes10.0 miles16
Vandervoort10.4 miles16
Lone Valley10.5 miles16
Hatton10.7 miles16
Holly Grove11.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 71926. 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.