Higgins, Arkansas
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Big Rock Township. The Survey maps it on the Sweet Home quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 23 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.
- 1891 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Camp Pike quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS Sweet Home quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Sweet Home quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Sweet Home quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Sweet Home quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Sweet Home quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Sweet Home quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Sweet Home quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
106 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Higgins between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,118 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 25 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/undetermined | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 19 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 68 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 68 workings within 5 miles of Higgins: 56 unknowns, 8 producers, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Niobium (Columbium). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fourche Bayou Deposit | Niobium (Columbium) | Occurrence | ||
| Elkins Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Hoffman | Clay | Producer | ||
| Little Rock Industrial Minerals Pnt | Clay | Producer | ||
| Arch Street Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Granite Mountain Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Granite Mountain Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Granite Mountain Quarry #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Little Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sweet Home Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Higgins in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Hail | Higgins | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodyardville | 2.1 miles | 26 | |
| Tafton | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Sweet Home | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Ironton | 2.7 miles | 26 | |
| Wrightsville | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| College Station | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Gillam Park | 4.0 miles | 26 | |
| Berger | 4.0 miles | 26 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57918. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.














