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Solgohachia, Arkansas

17 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 72157. It lies near Jenkins Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Solgohachia quadrangle. It stands 427 feet above sea level.

Solgohachia within Conway County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

70 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Solgohachia between 1997 and 2020, burning about 627 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined32
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use13 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2004Debris and open burning15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1997Debris and open burning16 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2001Arson/incendiarism40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Conway County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Solgohachia: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Conway County

Storms near this place

11 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Solgohachia in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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
June 1994Thunderstorm WindSolgohachia$50,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
May 2025HailSolgohachia-Quarter sized hail fell southwest of Solgohachia.
May 2025HailSolgohachia-Half dollar sized hail fell near Solgohachia.
December 2019Thunderstorm WindSolgohachia-About six to eight pine trees were blown down or snapped. The corner of the roof of an outbuilding was peeled back.
February 2008HailSolgohachia-The hail was mostly around 1/2 inch in diameter, with a few hailstones the size of nickels. The hail covered the ground.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindSolgohachia-Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree along Highway 9.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindSolgohachia-Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. A storage shed was damaged and some buildings sustained roof damage.
April 2016Funnel CloudSolgohachia-no account filed
February 2005HailSolgohachia-no account filed
May 1999HailSolgohachia-no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindSolgohachia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Conway 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
Overcup2.3 miles17
Cypress Valley2.6 miles17
Wesley Chapel3.1 miles17
Hickory Hill3.1 miles17
Arthur3.6 miles17
Saint Vincent4.3 miles17
Lone Grove4.3 miles17
Hill Creek4.3 miles17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on SolgohachiaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7557725The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 54998. 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.