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Holly Springs, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72157. It lies near Berry Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Springfield quadrangle.

Holly Springs within Conway County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

118 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Holly Springs between 1997 and 2020, burning about 986 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 38 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 burning40
Arson/incendiarism38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony1
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
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined19 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2000Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Natural20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Conway County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Holly Springs: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Conway 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
Cedar Creek1.9 miles16
Springfield3.0 miles16
Catholic Point3.6 miles16
Bethlehem3.8 miles16
Birdtown4.7 miles16
Friendship5.3 miles16
Grandview5.6 miles16
Center Ridge5.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57934. 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.