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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.

Hon within Scott County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 31 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

61 since 1992

Regional 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 burning23
Arson/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony2
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
5 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Natural3.0 acresOuachita National ForestEAST WILDERNESS
23 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresOuachita National ForestLOTT FIRE
21 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2002Smoking70 acresOuachita National ForestDOGWOOD
10 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOuachita National Forestnot named
1 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scott 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Scott County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Scott County

Storms near this place

13 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2008Thunderstorm WindHon$500,000A home was damaged at Hon. Chicken houses and barns were damaged or destroyed. Trees and power lines were down.
April 2026HailHon-Quarter-sized hail fell in the community of Hon per report from HAM radio operator.
February 2023Flash FloodHon-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 2023Flash FloodHon-A little more than 4 miles of state highway 80 was closed between Hon and Anderson due to flash flooding.
January 2022Flash FloodHon-Street flooding was reported in the community of Hon.
May 2020Flash FloodHon-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 2020Thunderstorm WindHon-The Scott County Sheriff's office reported trees down on Hwy. 28 blocking the road.
November 2011Funnel CloudHon-no account filed
February 2008HailHon-no account filed
June 2001HailHon-no account filed
February 2000Thunderstorm WindHon-no account filed
June 1999HailHon-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Scott 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
Bryan2.3 miles31
Evening Shade2.4 miles31
Winfield3.7 miles31
Anderson3.7 miles31
Pleasant Hill3.9 miles31
Oliver4.2 miles21
Kings Creek (historical)5.5 miles22
Waldron5.6 miles31

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 HonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28153497The 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.