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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.

Hollis within Perry County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

90 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism31
Natural22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning6
Fireworks1

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
9 September 1992Natural5.0 acresOuachita National Forestnot named
3 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOuachita National ForestGARRETT
28 September 2003Arson/incendiarism17 acresOuachita National ForestPOWER LINE
15 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOuachita National ForestNORTH JUNCTION FIRE
11 September 2016Arson/incendiarism3.2 acresOuachita National ForestSUGAR CREEK
8 August 2012Naturalunder an acreOuachita National ForestCEDAR
7 August 2012Naturalunder an acreOuachita National ForestSMALL SMOKE
7 August 2011Natural180 acresOuachita National ForestFORKED MOUNTAIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
T & T PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Perry County

Storms near this place

16 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2019Thunderstorm WindHollis-A tree was downed on Highway 314 off of Highway 7.
July 2008Flash FloodHollis-Water was over roadways in the area.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindHollis-Trees were reported down.
August 2005Flash FloodHollis-Heavy rainfall flooded a portion of Highway 314 at Hollis.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindHollis-Thunderstorm winds downed some large tree limbs onto power lines.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindHollis-Thunderstorm winds downed some large trees at Hollis.
May 2010HailHollis-no account filed
November 2003HailHollis-no account filed
February 2001HailHollis-no account filed
May 1999HailHollis-no account filed
April 1998HailHollis-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindHollis-no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindHollis-no account filed
March 1996Thunderstorm WindHollis-no account filed
April 1993HailHollis-no account filed
April 1993HailHollis-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Perry 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
Ava5.0 miles13
Nimrod6.1 miles13
Fourche Junction6.2 miles12
Deberrie6.8 miles13
West Aplin9.5 miles14
Aplin9.8 miles14
Casa10.8 miles18
Ragsdale12.3 miles14

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 HollisAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q24191765The 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.