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Hickory Station, Arkansas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Caddo Gap Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71933. The Survey maps it on the Bonnerdale quadrangle.

Hickory Station within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Hickory Station between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,126 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 18 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 burning25
Arson/incendiarism18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
6 September 2011Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresOuachita National ForestMAZARN
28 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOuachita National Forest120
26 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOuachita National ForestUNIT 9
2 September 2000Natural136 acresOuachita National ForestDRY FORK
19 September 2010Debris and open burning14 acresOuachita National ForestDOLLAR ROAD
15 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Hickory Station: 5 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone, Silica. 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
UnknownFlagstoneUnknown
UnknownSilicaUnknown
Woodall DepositPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Black SpringsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nelson MineManganesePast Producer1915
Plemmons ProspectManganeseUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Montgomery 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
Mazarn3.3 miles7
Lucky (historical)3.9 miles7
Plata3.9 miles16
Imelda (historical)4.1 miles7
Segur4.1 miles16
Welsh4.2 miles7
Hickory Station (historical)4.2 miles16
Alamo4.2 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 63507. 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.