Hedrick, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Dogwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72143. It stands on Gum Springs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kensett quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hedrick within White County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

1932 USGS Kensett quadrangle1:62500
1935 USGS Kensett quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Kensett quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1967 USGS Kensett quadrangle1:62500
1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1994 USGS Kensett quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

39 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Hedrick (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 621 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning	19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Arson/incendiarism	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Smoking	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
6 September 2012	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	75 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 1999	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 2000	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 2014	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	WHI17454828
9 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 August 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 August 1997	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Hedrick (historical): 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Searcy Quarry & Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unk	Stone	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk Gravel Pits 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
White Pit No 1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in White 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
Higginson	0.7 miles	14
Morning Sun	1.5 miles	14
Gum Springs (historical)	2.2 miles	14
Conant	2.8 miles	14
Happy	3.5 miles	14
Kensett	3.6 miles	14
Doniphan	4.5 miles	14
Walker	4.6 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65079. 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.