Hog Jaw, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Oden Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71961. It stands on Big Brushy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oden quadrangle. It stands 784 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1890 USGS Mount Ida quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1890 USGS Mt Ida quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Oden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lake Ouachita quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Oden quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
50 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Hog Jaw between 1992 and 2018, burning about 524 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 22 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 | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | CHASEWOOD |
| 30 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 7.5 acres | Ouachita National Forest | SIMS |
| 28 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | not named |
| 26 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | PLACER |
| 25 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | GROVER |
| 2 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2011 | Natural | 6.5 acres | Ouachita National Forest | ROCKHOUSE MOUNTAIN |
| 12 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Hog Jaw: 5 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Quartz, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoyt-Williams Prospect | Barium-Barite | Unknown | ||
| Magic Presance Mine | Quartz | Past Producer | 1986, 1987 | |
| Mcgrew Mine | Quartz | Producer | 1986, 1988 | |
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hog Jaw in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 1 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2013 | Flash Flood | Hog Jaw | $5,000 | Creeks overflowed their banks. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hog Jaw | - | Trees were reported down at Goss Rd. and Ridge Rd. south of Pencil Bluff. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oden | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Whitetown | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Pencil Bluff | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Gaston | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Huddleston | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Mauldin | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Chasewood Landing | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Sims | 5.4 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q5876992 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 72030. 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.








