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Union Hill, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Telico Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72326. It stands on Little Telico Creek. The Survey maps it on the Forrest City quadrangle.

Union Hill within St. Francis County

On record in Union Hill

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

41 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Union Hill between 1998 and 2020, burning about 421 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 burning17
Arson/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
3 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2004Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2002Misuse of fire by a minor53 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2002Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 July 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Francis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Union Hill: 7 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Colvins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crisp PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Forrest City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Forrest City Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
St.Francis Materials CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Woods Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Francis County

Storms near this place

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Union Hill in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2018Thunderstorm WindUnion Hill$100,000Numerous trees and power lines down across town with a widespread power outage. Additional trees down on houses across the city and one trailer north of town. The worst damage stretched along Highway 1.
September 2025HailUnion Hill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Francis 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
Caldwell1.0 miles12
Telico (historical)1.6 miles12
Rosine1.7 miles12
Mount Vernon (historical)2.9 miles12
Meadow Cliff2.9 miles12
Harris3.2 miles12
Forrest City3.9 miles12
Shiloh4.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 83046. 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.