Hooker, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Dalton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72450. It stands on Scatter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lafe quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1940 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lafe quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Paragould quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Hooker between 1997 and 2010, burning about 219 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | JERUSALEM COMPLEX |
| 17 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hooker: 4 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradburn Property | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Sheppard Linke | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hooker in 3 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Hooker | $30,000 | Tornado reported near Knob, Arkansas with damage to a home on Greene Road 402. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Hooker | $100 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Hail | Hooker | - | Golf ball sized hail south of HWY 90, along HWY 141, east of Knobel. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafe | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Stonewall | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Hillside (historical) | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Gainesville | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Paris (historical) | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Beech Grove | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Camp Ground | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Oak Grove Heights | 7.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77213. 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.







