Hon, Arkansas
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72958. It stands on Presley Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 31 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1879 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1887 USGS Poteau Mountain #1 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1939 USGS Waldron quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1940 USGS Waldron quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Waldron quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Waldron quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Hon quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Mena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
61 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Hon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,737 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 12 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 burning | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | EAST WILDERNESS |
| 23 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Ouachita National Forest | LOTT FIRE |
| 21 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Smoking | 70 acres | Ouachita National Forest | DOGWOOD |
| 10 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | not named |
| 1 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hon: 1 producer. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hon in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hon | $500,000 | A home was damaged at Hon. Chicken houses and barns were damaged or destroyed. Trees and power lines were down. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Hon | - | Quarter-sized hail fell in the community of Hon per report from HAM radio operator. |
| February 2023 | Flash Flood | Hon | - | Arkansas Department of Transportation closed AR State Highway 80 between highways 28 and 71 due to highwater over the roadway at the confluence of the Poteau River and Jones Creek just northwest of Waldron. |
| March 2023 | Flash Flood | Hon | - | A little more than 4 miles of state highway 80 was closed between Hon and Anderson due to flash flooding. |
| January 2022 | Flash Flood | Hon | - | Street flooding was reported in the community of Hon. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Hon | - | ARDOT reported Highway 80 between Hon and Waldron was inundated by water from the Poteau River and closed. The time was estimated from radar. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hon | - | The Scott County Sheriff's office reported trees down on Hwy. 28 blocking the road. |
| November 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Hon | - | no account filed |
| February 2008 | Hail | Hon | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Hon | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hon | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Hon | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hon | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan | 2.3 miles | 31 | |
| Evening Shade | 2.4 miles | 31 | |
| Winfield | 3.7 miles | 31 | |
| Anderson | 3.7 miles | 31 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 3.9 miles | 31 | |
| Oliver | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Kings Creek (historical) | 5.5 miles | 22 | |
| Waldron | 5.6 miles | 31 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Hon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28153497 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 72054. 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.














