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Horsehead, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Emerson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71753. The Survey maps it on the Walkerville quadrangle.

Horsehead within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

68 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Horsehead between 1998 and 2019, burning about 759 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 18 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism18
Debris and open burning16
Natural5
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Arson/incendiarism30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Horsehead: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

4 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Horsehead in 4 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHorsehead-Trees downed along Highway 98 near Emerson and throughout parts of Columbia County.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindHorsehead-Trees were downed at various locations across Southern Columbia County between Taylor and Emerson.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindHorsehead-Large branches were broken off of trees near the intersection of Columbia County Road 81 and Columbia County Road 7.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindHorsehead-Trees down over Highway 19 South near the Walkerville community.

Every storm recorded in Columbia 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
Walkerville3.0 miles14
Emerson3.8 miles13
Brister4.4 miles13
Macedonia5.0 miles15
Mohawk5.1 miles13
Plainfield5.2 miles14
Harmony5.3 miles15
Kerlin5.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57945. 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.