Hedges, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72533. It lies near Bud Wallis Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Fiftysix quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hedges within Stone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

1892 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Fiftysix quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Hedges (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 818 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 35 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/incendiarism	35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	28
Power generation/transmission/distribution	14
Recreation and ceremony	11
Debris and open burning	10
Natural	5
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Fireworks	2
Smoking	1
Other causes	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
7 September 2003	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	GREEN
6 September 1995	Natural	12 acres	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	CHUCK
4 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	LONG
26 September 2004	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	MCGOWN
25 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	PHILL
2 September 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	TIE RIDGE
2 September 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	not named
19 September 2000	Smoking	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stone 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 Hedges (historical): 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Copper, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Tantalum, 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unk	Stone	Producer
	Unk	Copper, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Tantalum, Zinc	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Stone 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Fiftysix	1.1 miles	16
Oga (historical)	3.9 miles	15
Gayler	4.2 miles	16
Boyle (historical)	5.0 miles	19
Pleasant Hill	5.6 miles	15
Big Springs	5.8 miles	15
Newnata	6.0 miles	15
Allison	6.1 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65830. 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.