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Herron, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 11. It lies in ZIP code area 72658. It lies near Bridge Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Norfork quadrangle.

Herron within Baxter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

84 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Herron between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,912 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 37 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/incendiarism37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Smoking1
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
19 September 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsFLOWER CREEK
23 August 2020Debris and open burning9.8 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsPRETTY HILL
21 August 1995Smokingunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsKNOB
19 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsMATNEY
17 August 1995Arson/incendiarism175 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsPRETTY HILL
9 July 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baxter 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 Herron: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Iron Oxide Pigments. 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
L. R. Cox MineIron Oxide PigmentsUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Baxter County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Herron in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
December 2015Thunderstorm WindHerron-Some trees were blown down and several residents were without power due to damaging straight-line winds.
December 2008Thunderstorm WindHerron-A large tree was down on Sheid Road.
October 2022HailHerron-no account filed
May 2020HailHerron-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Baxter 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
Chastain (historical)0.8 miles17
McPhearson2.3 miles17
Old Joe2.9 miles19
Norfork3.2 miles17
Berry (historical)3.2 miles19
Lone Rock3.4 miles17
Hopewell4.0 miles19
Norfork Village4.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69385. 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.