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Midland Heights, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1990. It stands in St. Francis Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72342. The Survey maps it on the Helena quadrangle.

Midland Heights within Phillips County

On record in Midland Heights

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 5 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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.

Fires near this place

13 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Midland Heights between 1992 and 2015, burning about 95 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsBLAIR
17 September 2000Arson/incendiarism60 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2000Debris and open burning20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 May 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsCANE
7 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsTURKEY
10 February 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsCASTEWAY
29 December 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsMIDAS
29 November 1998Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Phillips County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Midland Heights: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
UnkClayPast Producer
Helena RevetmentSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Miss River PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Phillips Cnty Hiwy DeptSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
ThompsonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Oak Forest0.6 miles16
Holiday Hills1.0 miles16
West Helena1.4 miles16
Helena1.8 miles16
Helena-West Helena1.9 miles16
Helena Crossing2.3 miles16
Huma2.6 miles16
Southland3.7 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122551061The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65552. 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.