BlockUnion Hill, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Black Springs Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71960. It lies near Bear Den Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Oden quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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 Mount Ida quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1890 USGS Mt Ida quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Oden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lake Ouachita quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Oden quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
63 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Union Hill between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,219 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 20 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 | 20 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | ABERNATHY SPRINGS #4 |
| 21 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Ouachita National Forest | COX SPRINGS |
| 21 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | SULPHUR CREEK |
| 13 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2005 | Natural | 12 acres | Ouachita National Forest | LONG MOUNTAIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alf | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Sulphur Springs | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Redbird (historical) | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Slatington (historical) | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Cox Spring | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Huddleston | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Ridge | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Gaston | 5.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 63640. 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.