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Hartwell, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in North Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72740. The Survey maps it on the Hartwell quadrangle.

Hartwell within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 12 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

11 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Hartwell between 1998 and 2018, burning about 154 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsREVILEE METH LAB 1
5 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 February 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 November 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 November 2002Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 November 2012Recreation and ceremony15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 November 2002Arson/incendiarism40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 November 2003Smoking4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hartwell: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc. 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
HuntsvilleSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
May A SmithLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

3 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hartwell in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
May 2025Tornado (EF1)Hartwell$60,000This tornado developed near Bohannon, west of CR 7645 and moved east-northeast across CR 7510 and CR 7855. It snapped and uprooted numerous trees, and destroyed outbuildings. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindHartwell$50,000Strong thunderstorm wind severely damaged poultry houses on County Road 7755, northwest of Huntsville.
July 2010Flash FloodHartwell-Several secondary roads were flooded.

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Mante (historical)2.5 miles12
Hindsville3.6 miles14
Huntsville4.0 miles13
Harmony4.8 miles13
Whitener5.2 miles14
Buckeye5.4 miles14
Roxton5.8 miles12
Forum6.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57895. 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.