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Sweethome, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Mount Ida Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71970. It stands on Hovel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Reed Mountain quadrangle.

Sweethome within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

94 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Sweethome between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,866 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 25 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/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Debris and open burning17
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
5 September 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Debris and open burning23 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOuachita National Forest44410 ROAD
24 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOuachita National ForestFAIR GROUND ROAD
21 September 2006Debris and open burning8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2007Natural12 acresOuachita National ForestLAKESIDE
15 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sweethome: 5 producers, 2 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Quartz, Flagstone, Quartz, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Fisher Mountain TractQuartz, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1946
Mauldin PitFlagstoneProducer
Burch Lode MineQuartzProducer1982
Diamond Drill Carbon #3QuartzUnknown
Fisher Mountain MineQuartzProducer1940
George Shieffield No. 2 MineQuartzUnknown
Robins MineQuartzProducer1971, 1978

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

6 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sweethome in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. 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
May 2011Flash FloodSweethome$1,000Water was over Arkansas Highway 27 northeast of Mount Ida.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindSweethome-Trees were down along Highway 27 north.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSweethome-Trees were blown down.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSweethome-Trees were blown down east of Mt. Ida.
June 2015Heavy RainSweethome-A rainfall amount of 1.98 inches was observed in one hour.
November 2011Heavy RainSweethome-The Mount Ida ASOS measured 6.31 inches of rain in just over 9 hours. Included in the total were a couple of very intense periods of rain, with 1.05 inches of rain falling between 11:35 and 11:53 PM, and another 0.72 inch between 1:37 and 1:53 AM.

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Hurricane Grove2.8 miles15
Mount Ida3.2 miles15
Rubie3.3 miles15
Ruble3.5 miles15
Buddys Landing3.8 miles15
Silver4.7 miles15
Mauldin4.7 miles15
Washita5.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 63632. 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.