BlockBefore

Hickory Hills, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Big Rock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72212. The Survey maps it on the Pinnacle Mountain quadrangle.

Hickory Hills within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 20 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

50 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Hickory Hills between 1997 and 2019, burning about 517 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Debris and open burning9
Recreation and ceremony8
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 1998Debris and open burning75 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2007Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski 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 Hickory Hills: 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Slate, Dimension, Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 NameSlate, DimensionUnknown
Quartz Crystal ProspectSilicaUnknown
Tayor Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Pulaski 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
Pebble Beach Park0.2 miles20
Hickory Ridge0.3 miles20
Longlea0.6 miles20
Pleasant View0.7 miles20
Secluded Hills0.8 miles20
Hillsborough1.1 miles20
Pleasant Valley Estates1.1 miles20
Ivesville1.1 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 68316. 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.