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Holly Springs, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Holly Springs Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71763. The Survey maps it on the Holly Springs quadrangle.

Holly Springs within Dallas County

On record in Holly Springs

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

66 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Holly Springs between 1997 and 2019, burning about 661 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 15 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism15
Debris and open burning14
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2005Debris and open burning40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Natural15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2004Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Holly Springs: 9 past producers, 6 unknowns, 5 producers. 5 still produce. 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
Eagle Mills Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Garner PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit & Plant #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit & Plant No 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Triangle Gravel Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dallas 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
Oakhurst (historical)4.6 miles16
Pine Grove5.7 miles15
Heine (historical)6.6 miles15
Ouachita6.8 miles15
Eagletie7.1 miles16
Jacinto7.2 miles16
New Hope7.3 miles15
Forrest Bonner8.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77206. 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.