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Hicks, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1990. It stands in District 4. It lies in ZIP code area 71822. The Survey maps it on the Ashdown East quadrangle.

Hicks within Little River County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

55 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Hicks between 1998 and 2019, burning about 431 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning10
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2004Debris and open burning8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Little River County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Hicks: 6 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium. 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
UnkCalciumPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wilton Pits & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Little River 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
Rankin (historical)1.3 miles11
Wilton2.0 miles11
Peytonville3.0 miles11
Ashdown3.1 miles11
Jacks Isle3.6 miles11
Mistletoe (historical)5.0 miles11
Yarborough Landing5.7 miles11
Long6.7 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60118. 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.