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Homan, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Homan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71854. The Survey maps it on the Homan quadrangle.

Homan within Miller County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

25 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Homan between 2000 and 2018, burning about 338 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural1

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
28 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2011Natural80 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2008Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miller 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 Homan: 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
Meyers QySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Miller County

Storms near this place

2 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Homan in 2 storm reports between 1993 and 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
May 1993Thunderstorm WindHoman$50,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees.
May 2016HailHoman-A trained spotter reported nickel size hail near mile marker 12 on Interstate 30 between Texarkana and Fulton, Arkansas.

Every storm recorded in Miller 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
Clear Lake Junction2.5 miles17
Clipper2.7 miles17
Paup4.1 miles17
Dooley5.3 miles15
Mandeville5.9 miles15
Hervey6.6 miles15
Index8.2 miles13
Rondo8.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57062. 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.