BlockHickory Flat, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Big Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72121. The Survey maps it on the Pangburn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Pangburn quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
78 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Hickory Flat between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,401 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 26 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 | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
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 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 45 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hickory Flat: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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.
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hickory Flat in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2017: 2 flood, 2 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Flood | Hickory Flat | $7,000,000 | Part of U.S. Highway 67/167 was closed due to flooding near Beebe. Arkansas Highway 36 also flooded, making Georgetown accessible only by boat. Part of the Henry Gray Hurricane Lake Wildlife Management Area was closed due to flooding. Flooding in White County continued into June. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Hickory Flat | $2,250,000 | Widespread areal flooding occurred. Part of Arkansas Highway 36 was closed from the morning of the 30th through the end of the month. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Hickory Flat | $70,000 | A bridge was reported washed out on Prince Reaper Road. |
| December 2013 | Flash Flood | Hickory Flat | $50,000 | Streets flooded in Searcy, and several intersections were closed. Mash Creek northwest of Beebe left its banks. One lane of Arkansas 36 caved in due to a washout near Georgetown. A number of county roads flooded. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Hickory Flat | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doyleville (historical) | 1.1 miles | 9 | |
| Davenport (historical) | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Little Red | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Sunnydale | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Dewey | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Roosevelt | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Maddock (historical) | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Steprock | 5.4 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 50053. 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.