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Hawthicket, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Bristol Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72111. It stands on Hall Branch. The Survey maps it on the Enola quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hawthicket within Faulkner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 10 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

56 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Hawthicket (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,260 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 17 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/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
5 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Natural5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2005Natural30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined23 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2012Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2012Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Faulkner County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hawthicket (historical): 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Clay. 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
Unk Shale Pits 2ClayPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Faulkner 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
Bristol (historical)2.0 miles10
Garland Springs2.5 miles10
Mount Vernon2.8 miles11
Enola2.8 miles10
Naylor3.0 miles10
Barney5.1 miles10
Center Point6.5 miles11
Holland6.7 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62825. 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.