Hico, Arkansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Township 5. It lies in ZIP code area 72761. The Survey maps it on the Siloam Springs quadrangle.
On record in Hico
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 12 of 20 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Connelly-Harrington Houselisted 1988 · 0.2 miles away
Bratt-Smiley Houselisted 1988 · 0.2 miles away
House at 305 E. Ashleylisted 1988 · 0.3 miles away
Henry Furniture Store Buildinglisted 1994 · 0.3 miles away
First National Banklisted 1988 · 0.3 miles away
Lakeside Hotellisted 1979 · 0.3 miles away
Stockton Buildinglisted 1988 · 0.3 miles away
German Builder's Houselisted 1988 · 0.4 miles away
Duckworth-Williams Houselisted 1988 · 0.4 miles away
Siloam Springs Downtown Historic Districtlisted 1995 · 0.4 miles away
Siloam Springs City Parklisted 1988 · 0.4 miles away
Maxwell-Sweet Houselisted 1988 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1899 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
92 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Hico between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,087 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 39 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 | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 8.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 August 2011 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2000 | Smoking | 13 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hico: 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siloam Springs Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siloam Springs | 0.2 miles | 19 | |
| Twin Springs | 0.7 miles | 19 | |
| Lone Elm (historical) | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Dawn Hill | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Lake Frances | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Flint (historical) | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| West Point | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Felker (historical) | 4.6 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 75550. 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.







