Push, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in St. Joe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72675. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saint Joe quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 16 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.
- 1893 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1929 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS St. Joe quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Bull Shoals Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
182 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Push between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,688 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 67 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 | 67 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 66 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Buffalo National River | DUFFER |
| 15 September 2000 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Buffalo National River | SAPLING |
| 31 July 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Buffalo National River | NORTHSIDE |
| 24 July 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Buffalo National River | HANGOVER BLUFF |
| 18 June 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Buffalo National River | BUCKET FIR |
| 6 May 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Buffalo National River | UNDERGROUND WF |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Push: 3 past producers, 3 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo River Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Copper | Copper, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Fullbright Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Lockhart Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Lucky Dog Mine | Lead | Unknown | ||
| San Juan Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Uncle Sam Prosplect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Big Hurricane | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Davy Crockett | Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Push in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Push | - | Water was over U.S. Highway 65 in Saint Joe. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duff | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Saint Joe | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Silver Hill | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Gilbert | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Zeb (historical) | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Tomahawk | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Buroak | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Blanco | 5.9 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69972. 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.











