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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.

Push within Searcy 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

182 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism67
Missing data/not specified/undetermined66
Debris and open burning30
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

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
27 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2000Smokingunder an acreBuffalo National RiverDUFFER
15 September 2000Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBuffalo National RiverSAPLING
31 July 1995Smokingunder an acreBuffalo National RiverNORTHSIDE
24 July 2011Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresBuffalo National RiverHANGOVER BLUFF
18 June 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBuffalo National RiverBUCKET FIR
6 May 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBuffalo National RiverUNDERGROUND WF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Searcy County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Buffalo River Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
CopperCopper, ZincProspect
UnkStonePast Producer
Fullbright ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Lockhart MineLead, ZincUnknown
Lucky Dog MineLeadUnknown
San Juan ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Uncle Sam ProsplectLead, ZincOccurrence
Big HurricaneZincPast Producer
Davy CrockettZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Searcy County

Storms near this place

1 since 2008

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2008Flash FloodPush-Water was over U.S. Highway 65 in Saint Joe.

Every storm recorded in Searcy 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
Duff1.1 miles16
Saint Joe1.9 miles16
Silver Hill3.3 miles17
Gilbert3.7 miles17
Zeb (historical)5.0 miles19
Tomahawk5.2 miles17
Buroak5.3 miles19
Blanco5.9 miles19

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.