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Rolling Hills, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Cadron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72032. It stands on Pickle Gap Creek. The Survey maps it on the Conway quadrangle.

Rolling Hills within Faulkner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

65 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Rolling Hills between 1998 and 2020, burning about 498 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
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 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2001Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionFAU17347739
9 August 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Faulkner County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Rolling Hills: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
UnkStonePast Producer
Plnt No 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Faulkner 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
Pickles Gap (historical)0.7 miles11
Lakeview Acres1.8 miles11
Conway3.0 miles13
Old Linder (historical)3.0 miles11
Sunny Gap (historical)3.6 miles12
Caney3.9 miles13
Brumley4.0 miles13
Acklin Gap (historical)4.4 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62895. 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.