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Hawes, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Whittington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71913. It stands on Rabbit Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mountain Pine quadrangle.

Hawes within Garland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

167 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Hawes between 1993 and 2020, burning about 898 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 42 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 burning47
Arson/incendiarism42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Fireworks6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
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
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2011Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1993Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresOuachita National Forestnot named
5 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Hawes: 11 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Slate, Dimension, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Caldwell QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
No NameFlagstonePast Producer
Job No Joo-235Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mountain Pine PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
No NameClayPast Producer
No NameClayPast Producer
No NameSlate, DimensionPast Producer
No NameSlate, DimensionPast Producer
UnkSlate, DimensionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Garland County

Storms near this place

8 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hawes in 8 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. The reports record 2 deaths. 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindHawes2 killed, $15,000A 24 year-old man and his 18-month old daughter were killed when a tree fell into their mobile home. They were in a bedroom at the time, and that is the end of the mobile home that the tree crashed into.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindHawes$150,000Trees and power lines were blown down on Arkansas 227 and numerous other places in Garland County.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHawes$50,000A large tree fell on a house in the Treasure Isle area on the west side of Hot Springs. The house suffered considerable roof damage. A couple of other trees were blown down nearby.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindHawes$10,000Multiple trees were damaged along with a roof, shed, and fence. The report was relayed via social media.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHawes-Several trees were blown down along Clearcreek Road near the community of Hawes.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHawes-Trees and power lines were blown down on Treasure Isle Rd. between Mountain Pine and U.S Hwy 270.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindHawes-Trees were blown down on Brady Mountain Rd.
May 2011HailHawes-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Garland 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
Mountain Pine1.8 miles13
Piney3.6 miles13
Bonanza Springs (historical)3.8 miles15
Royal5.3 miles13
Rockwell6.0 miles8
Hot Springs6.2 miles15
Bear6.4 miles15
Pleasant Hill6.5 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64314. 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.