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Silver Hill, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Spring Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72675. It lies near Buck Point. The Survey maps it on the Marshall quadrangle.

Silver Hill within Searcy County

On record in Silver Hill

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

164 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Silver Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,465 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 71 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/incendiarism71
Missing data/not specified/undetermined53
Debris and open burning24
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
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
16 September 2000Smokingunder an acreBuffalo National RiverDUFFER
4 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 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
28 May 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBuffalo National RiverDRIFTPILE1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Searcy County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Silver Hill: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Buffalo River Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Searcy County

Storms near this place

7 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Silver Hill in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 4 hail, 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2025FloodSilver Hill-Minor river flooding was observed at St. Joe along the Buffalo River.
November 2024FloodSilver Hill-The Buffalo River at St. Joe entered minor flood stage in early November and ended up cresting in moderate flood stage of 35.44 feet on November 5 at 8:30 PM CST.
March 2003HailSilver Hill-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindSilver Hill-no account filed
May 1995HailSilver Hill-no account filed
June 1995HailSilver Hill-no account filed
June 1995HailSilver Hill-no account filed

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
Gilbert2.0 miles17
Duff2.3 miles16
Zeb (historical)2.5 miles19
Buroak2.7 miles19
Baker Hollow3.1 miles17
Push3.3 miles16
Lebanon (historical)4.1 miles17
Zack4.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58625. 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.