BlockPosey Hollow, Arkansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Mountain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71953. It stands on Slaty Creek. The Survey maps it on the Y City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1890 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Mena quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Y City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Mena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Posey Hollow between 1995 and 2017, burning about 111 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | TAN-A-HILL |
| 15 August 2006 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Ouachita National Forest | RAWLS |
| 11 August 2010 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 April 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.7 acres | Ouachita National Forest | POSEY HOLLOW 2 |
| 21 April 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | POSEY HOLLOW 1 |
| 2 April 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Ouachita National Forest | not named |
| 14 April 2013 | Natural | 24 acres | Ouachita National Forest | TAN A HILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Posey Hollow: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Grove | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Yocana | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Highland | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Cherry Hill | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Ink | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Acorn | 7.9 miles | 19 | |
| Board Camp | 8.3 miles | 19 | |
| Corinth | 8.4 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 63254. 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.