BlockHidden Valley, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Highland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72542. The Survey maps it on the Stuart quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Stuart quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS Cherokee Village quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
125 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Hidden Valley between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,650 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 46 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 burning | 52 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 July 1997 | Natural | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 July 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland | 0.6 miles | 10 | |
| Stuart | 0.8 miles | 10 | |
| Cherokee Village | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Draft (historical) | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Canton (historical) | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Hardy | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Baker | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Kings Mills (historical) | 5.9 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57917. 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.