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Holla Bend, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in District 2. It lies in ZIP code area 72858. The Survey maps it on the Holla Bend quadrangle. It stands 364 feet above sea level.

Holla Bend within Pope County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

30 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Holla Bend between 1997 and 2018, burning about 442 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
4 September 1998Smoking45 acresHolla Bend National Wildlife RefugeHOLLA-1
23 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHolla Bend National Wildlife RefugeLODGE LAKE ROAD
19 September 2004Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2005Debris and open burning130 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2007Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2011Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Holla Bend: 8 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Silica. 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
Dierks Crystal Area No 6SilicaPast Producer
Shale PitClayUnknown
Shale PitClayUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
New Hope PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Pope County

Storms near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holla Bend in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2008Tornado (EF1)Holla Bend$50,000The tornado from Yell County tracked into the Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge in Pope County. Damage was limited to trees being blown down on the southeast side of the refuge. The tornado then tracked back into Yell County, in the Carden Bottoms area.
June 2023HailHolla Bend-Ping pong ball sized hail fell at Holla Bend.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindHolla Bend-Numerous trees were uprooted in the Sweeden Island Recreation Area.

Every storm recorded in Pope 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
Galla Rock4.4 miles18
New Hope5.0 miles19
Gold Hill5.2 miles18
Worthen5.6 miles19
Pottsville5.7 miles19
Pisgah (historical)5.7 miles19
North Dardanelle6.4 miles21
Bethel6.5 miles19

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 Holla BendAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5880755The 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 57060. 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.