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Huff, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Huff Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72534. It stands on Powers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Huff quadrangle.

Huff within Independence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Huff between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,557 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 31 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/incendiarism31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Debris and open burning22
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1

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 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1999Debris and open burning42 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2006Arson/incendiarism30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Independence 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 Huff: 4 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone. 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
UnkClayUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
Crusher #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
GreenfieldManganeseUnknown
Kelley ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Rocky Point QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Independence County

Storms near this place

3 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huff in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2021: 2 hail, 1 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
November 2021HailHuff-Nickel size hail covered the ground.
July 2021HailHuff-Pea to quarter sized hail was reported.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindHuff-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Independence 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
Hutchinson3.9 miles18
Salado4.7 miles17
Rosie4.7 miles17
Maple Springs5.1 miles17
Pleasant Plains5.2 miles15
Southside5.2 miles17
Wrenton5.4 miles15
McHue5.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77249. 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.