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Harvey, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 6. It lies in ZIP code area 72841. It stands on Brush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harvey quadrangle. It stands 600 feet above sea level.

Harvey within Scott County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

32 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Harvey between 1994 and 2020, burning about 837 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 13 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/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOuachita National ForestA.J.
17 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOuachita National ForestALLEN CREEK
17 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOuachita National ForestABBOTT#1
17 September 2000Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresOuachita National ForestABBOTT#2
17 September 2000Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresOuachita National ForestABBOTT#3
12 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresOuachita National ForestWEST 970
6 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOuachita National ForestBIRTHDAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scott County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Harvey: 1 past producer. None of them 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Scott County

Storms near this place

4 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harvey in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2012: 2 hail, 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
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHarvey$5,000Several trees were blown down around Harvey. Power outages occurred around Harvey and Nola.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindHarvey$1,000A large tree was blown down.
February 2001HailHarvey-no account filed
March 1996HailHarvey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Scott 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
Nebraska (historical)2.4 miles16
Little Texas3.2 miles16
Nola3.2 miles16
Forester5.4 miles16
Olio5.8 miles16
Union Hill5.9 miles16
Cedar Creek6.0 miles16
Blue Ball9.0 miles16

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.

Wikipedia article on HarveyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5676956The 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 71928. 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.