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Homewood, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Casa Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72025. The Survey maps it on the Adona quadrangle.

Homewood within Perry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

70 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Homewood between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,592 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 9 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 burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Natural13
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2004Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2001Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2011Arson/incendiarism15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2012Natural7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Homewood: 4 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Clay. 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
Fitch ProspectManganeseProspect
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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
Rose Creek2.5 miles18
Casa3.8 miles18
Aplin3.9 miles14
West Aplin4.0 miles14
Adona4.2 miles18
Cherry Hill6.1 miles15
Deberrie6.5 miles13
Nimrod7.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57937. 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.