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Rocky Hill, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72629. It lies near Greenbrier Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Botkinburg quadrangle.

Rocky Hill within Van Buren County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

60 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Rocky Hill between 1998 and 2018, burning about 2,108 acres in total. None started naturally. 22 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism22
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
30 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 June 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 April 2006Arson/incendiarism12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined70 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Van Buren County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Rocky Hill: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
J E FergusonPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Van Buren 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
Oak Flat (historical)2.7 miles15
Dennard3.3 miles15
Botkinburg4.3 miles16
Woolum4.7 miles15
Copeland5.4 miles15
Plant6.5 miles16
Old Botkinburg6.5 miles16
Archey (historical)6.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 68692. 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.