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Hogeye, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72774. It stands on Hogeye Creek. The Survey maps it on the Prairie Grove quadrangle. It stands 1,243 feet above sea level.

Hogeye within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

33 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Hogeye between 1997 and 2018, burning about 233 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
5 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2011Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2005Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hogeye: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
West Fork Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Hubbard3.0 miles16
Onda3.9 miles16
West Fork4.2 miles17
Prairie Grove4.7 miles16
Pitkin Corner5.5 miles17
Walnut Grove5.7 miles18
Woolsey5.8 miles17
Strickler6.4 miles16

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.

Wikipedia article on HogeyeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5877228The 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 81869. 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.