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Hurricane, Arkansas

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Hurricane Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72011. It stands on Blue Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bryant quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hurricane within Saline County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 23 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

198 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Hurricane (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,012 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 46 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 burning78
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Arson/incendiarism46
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony3

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
8 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minor20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2015Debris and open burning70 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saline County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Hurricane (historical): 31 unknowns, 4 producers, 4 past producers, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Clay, Bentonite, 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
Alcoa Arkansas OperationsAluminum, Gallium, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, FreeProducer1886, 1952
Hurricane Creek DepositNiobium (Columbium)Occurrence
Quapaw Bauxite MineAluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, FreePast Producer1920, 1932
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Long-Bell DepositBentoniteUnknown
Palmer DepositBentoniteProducer
UnknownClayUnknown
UnknownClayUnknown
UnknownClayUnknown
(Facility) Bauxite, Ar Alumina RefineryAluminumPlant1952

Every working recorded in Saline 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
Sardis0.9 miles23
Brooks2.3 miles23
Brooks (historical)2.3 miles23
Goodman3.0 miles23
Dirtdauber (historical)3.7 miles23
Lignite3.9 miles23
Pine Haven4.0 miles23
Vimy Ridge4.2 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65997. 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.