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Mount Hersey, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72685. It stands on Mill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Western Grove quadrangle.

Mount Hersey within Newton 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.

Fires near this place

164 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Mount Hersey between 1996 and 2020, burning about 9,284 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 59 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/incendiarism59
Missing data/not specified/undetermined48
Debris and open burning44
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural4
Smoking1
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
17 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2012Naturalunder an acreBuffalo National RiverMT. HERSEY
18 July 2005Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 July 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBuffalo National RiverWOOLUMPILE
7 June 1997Arson/incendiarism120 acresBuffalo National RiverFLAT ROCK
20 June 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBuffalo National RiverCAVE CREEK CHUTE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Mount Hersey: 12 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Lead. 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
Old Granby MineLead, Zinc, DolomitePast Producer
Ragged BreechesZinc, LeadPast Producer
A-ProspectLead, ZincPast Producer
ConfederateLead, ZincPast Producer
Belle of Wichita MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Bonanza MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Bald HillZincPast Producer
CampbellZincPast Producer
ExcelsiorZincPast Producer
Little Buffalo RiverZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newton 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
Flat4.2 miles20
Yardelle4.7 miles13
Hasty5.2 miles13
Carver5.2 miles14
Western Grove6.0 miles16
Cave Creek6.0 miles20
Wells Creek (historical)6.4 miles13
Piercetown7.2 miles14

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 Q122555774The 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 58222. 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.