Huma, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Hornor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72390. It stands on Caney Creek. The Survey maps it on the West Helena quadrangle.

Huma within Phillips County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 16 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.

1939 USGS Latour quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Latour quadrangle1:62500
1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Latour quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1963 USGS Latour quadrangle1:62500
1982 USGS West Helena quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Helena quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Helena quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Huma between 1992 and 2015, burning about 126 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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/incendiarism	6
Debris and open burning	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Recreation and ceremony	1

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
9 September 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	BLAIR
17 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	60 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 August 2000	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
18 August 2000	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
17 August 2000	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
16 August 2000	Arson/incendiarism	12 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 March 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	TURKEY
15 March 2006	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Phillips 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 Huma: 1 past producer. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Phillips Cnty Hiwy Dept	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Phillips 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Belser (historical)	1.4 miles	16
West Helena	2.0 miles	16
Pillar	2.4 miles	16
Midland Heights	2.6 miles	16
Wycamp	2.6 miles	16
Holiday Hills	3.2 miles	16
Oak Forest	3.2 miles	16
Helena Crossing	3.5 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57957. 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.