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Oak Hill, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71833. It stands on Holly Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dierks quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Oak Hill within Howard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

79 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Oak Hill (historical) between 1998 and 2019, burning about 492 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 28 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/incendiarism28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Debris and open burning13
Natural6
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2005Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionHOW8259771
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Oak Hill (historical): 7 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 2 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Strontium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite. 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
Cherry DepositBarium-BariteOccurrence
Section 16 Barite DepositBarium-BaritePast Producer
UnkBarium-BariteProspect
UnkBarium-BariteProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Beane ProspectStrontiumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Howard 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
Mount Carmel2.3 miles14
Martha (historical)2.3 miles14
Bethany2.8 miles14
Sunshine (historical)2.9 miles14
Atwood3.3 miles14
Dierks5.2 miles14
Rosedale (historical)5.3 miles10
Center Point6.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62636. 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.