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Holly Grove, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in White Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71944. It stands on Little Coon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gillham quadrangle.

Holly Grove within Polk County

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

48 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Holly Grove between 1999 and 2018, burning about 874 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 18 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/incendiarism18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning9
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
26 September 2004Arson/incendiarism35 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2000Arson/incendiarism40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Holly Grove: 7 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite. 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
Antimony Bluff MineDiatomitePast Producer
Clark MineDiatomitePast Producer
Harrel ProspectDiatomiteProspect
Luttrell LeaseDiatomiteProspect
Poor Boy MineDiatomitePast Producer
Stewart MineDiatomitePast Producer
Warner Mine No 1DiatomitePast Producer
Werner Mine No 2DiatomitePast Producer
Wolfton MineDiatomitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk 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
Grannis3.6 miles15
Wickes6.3 miles16
Hatton10.5 miles16
Bog Springs11.0 miles16
Hartley11.0 miles17
Vandervoort11.7 miles16
Bethel Chapel11.8 miles16
Roff (historical)11.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 63207. 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.