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Horn Mountain, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Calf Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72675. It stands on Horn Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Eula quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Horn Mountain within Searcy County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 20 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

84 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Horn Mountain (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 11,166 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 36 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
Arson/incendiarism36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Debris and open burning11
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony5
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
31 August 1998Smoking6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2001Natural4.2 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsAUGUST
2 August 2012Natural1.2 acresBuffalo National RiverMCCUTCHEON GAP SOUTH
15 August 2012Natural5.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsICELEDO
13 July 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBuffalo National RiverWOOLUMPILE
7 June 1997Arson/incendiarism120 acresBuffalo National RiverFLAT ROCK
21 June 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 June 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBuffalo National RiverCAVE CREEK CHUTE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Searcy County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Horn Mountain (historical): 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, 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
Z HudsonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
ConfederateLead, ZincPast Producer
Turkey Fat MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Belle of Wichita MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Lost Mountain MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Upper Cave CreekLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Searcy 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
Point Peter2.5 miles20
Hall (historical)2.7 miles20
Eula2.8 miles20
Dry Creek (historical)2.9 miles20
Woolum4.3 miles20
Leigo (historical)5.9 miles21
Snowball6.3 miles19
Slicker (historical)6.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69961. 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.