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Hervey, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Garland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71854. It stands on Finn Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Fouke NE quadrangle.

Hervey within Miller County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

25 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Hervey between 1998 and 2018, burning about 530 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural4
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2011Natural80 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2004Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2012Natural45 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2012Natural15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miller 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 Hervey: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
No NameClayPast Producer
Ray Mcdowell PropertyIronPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Miller County

Storms near this place

2 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hervey in 2 storm reports in 1997: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 1997Thunderstorm WindHervey-Reported by a crop duster.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindHervey-Medium sized trees and branches were broken.

Every storm recorded in Miller 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
Dooley4.7 miles15
Beck6.4 miles15
Clipper6.5 miles17
Homan6.6 miles17
McKinney7.6 miles15
Clear Lake Junction7.9 miles17
Artex8.2 miles15
Mayton8.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57057. 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.