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Hutchinson, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Relief Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72534. It stands on Hutchinson Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Jamestown quadrangle.

Hutchinson within Independence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

82 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Hutchinson between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,496 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
7 September 2004Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2004Recreation and ceremony2.0 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

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Hutchinson: 5 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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
UnkIronUnknown
Crusher #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
GreenfieldManganeseUnknown
Kelley ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Rocky Point QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnkClayUnknown
UnkClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Independence County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hutchinson in 2 storm reports in 2011: 2 hail. 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
March 2011HailHutchinson-no account filed
March 2011HailHutchinson-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
Wrenton3.1 miles15
McHue3.4 miles18
Huff3.9 miles15
Jamestown3.9 miles18
Southside4.6 miles17
Salado5.3 miles17
Cedar Grove5.4 miles15
Floral5.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 50470. 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.