Hollis, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Tyler Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72857. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nimrod SE quadrangle. It stands 495 feet above sea level.
On record in Hollis
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Hollis Country Storelisted 2002
South Fourche LaFave River Bridgelisted 2004
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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 Hot Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Nimrod SE quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Lake Ouachita quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
90 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Hollis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,504 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 31 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 | 31 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Fireworks | 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 1992 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | GARRETT |
| 28 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | Ouachita National Forest | POWER LINE |
| 15 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | NORTH JUNCTION FIRE |
| 11 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.2 acres | Ouachita National Forest | SUGAR CREEK |
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | CEDAR |
| 7 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | SMALL SMOKE |
| 7 August 2011 | Natural | 180 acres | Ouachita National Forest | FORKED MOUNTAIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hollis: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hollis in 16 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 7 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | - | A tree was downed on Highway 314 off of Highway 7. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Hollis | - | Water was over roadways in the area. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | - | Trees were reported down. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Hollis | - | Heavy rainfall flooded a portion of Highway 314 at Hollis. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some large tree limbs onto power lines. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some large trees at Hollis. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| November 2003 | Hail | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Hail | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Hollis | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ava | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Nimrod | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Fourche Junction | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Deberrie | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| West Aplin | 9.5 miles | 14 | |
| Aplin | 9.8 miles | 14 | |
| Casa | 10.8 miles | 18 | |
| Ragsdale | 12.3 miles | 14 |
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 Hollis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q24191765 | 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 72045. 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.







