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Hillcrest, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72830. It lies near Turkey Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Ludwig quadrangle.

Hillcrest within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 13 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

110 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Hillcrest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 397 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 17 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 burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural2
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsGRAVE GAP
16 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsSTRAWBERRY
16 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hillcrest: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Eureka Brick Co. Clay PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

4 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hillcrest in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2014Thunderstorm WindHillcrest$50,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down around Ludwig and Hillcrest as well as other locations in Johnson County.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindHillcrest$3,000A picture was shown on social media of a large tree limb, over a foot in diameter, that fell on the bed of a truck.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindHillcrest-Reports were received of trees and power lines down across Johnson Co. The location is based on radar data and power outage maps.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindHillcrest-Trees were reported down.

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
Martin Spring0.2 miles13
Mount Vernon0.6 miles13
Mount Zion1.5 miles13
Ludwig2.2 miles13
Zadock (historical)3.7 miles13
Strawberry4.1 miles13
Lone Pine4.3 miles10
Woodland4.9 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 59145. 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.