BlockUnion Hill, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72020. It lies near Mills Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Huff quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1890 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Huff quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
100 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Union Hill between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,572 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 49 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/incendiarism | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | IND28418867 |
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1999 | Smoking | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | JAC3570999 |
| 2 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Union 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collier Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Union Hill in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Union Hill | $20,000 | An EF1 tornado blew down trees and power lines. This was the fifth of five tornadoes produced by the same supercell thunderstorm. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Thida | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Departe (historical) | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Plains | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Maple Springs | 7.0 miles | 17 | |
| Oil Trough | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Dunnington | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Huff | 7.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78621. 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.