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Springhill, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in East Fork Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72058. It lies near Tater Hill. The Survey maps it on the Greenbrier quadrangle. It stands 367 feet above sea level.

Springhill within Faulkner County

On record in Springhill

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

9 surveys from 11 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

89 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Springhill between 1997 and 2018, burning about 712 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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 burning42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
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
9 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2000Debris and open burning9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2007Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 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 Springhill: 8 past producers. None of them 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
Mc Ray QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Faulkner County

Storms near this place

10 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springhill in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 6 hail, 4 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
June 2023HailSpringhill-Hail was estimated to be half dollar sized just south of Springhill.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindSpringhill-A tree fell across a dirt road near the town of Springhill.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindSpringhill-Trees and power lines were blown down.
April 2015HailSpringhill-no account filed
April 2011HailSpringhill-no account filed
April 2007HailSpringhill-no account filed
May 2001HailSpringhill-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindSpringhill-no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindSpringhill-no account filed
March 1998HailSpringhill-no account filed

Every storm 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
Linder1.0 miles11
Old Linder (historical)1.9 miles11
Pleasant Valley3.1 miles11
Greenbrier3.1 miles11
Wooster3.5 miles11
Pickles Gap (historical)4.3 miles11
Lakeview Acres4.6 miles11
Rolling Hills5.0 miles13

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 SpringhillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q24191740The 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 78437. 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.