Violet Hill, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Violet Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72584. The Survey maps it on the Franklin quadrangle. 36 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 748 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1951 USGS Melbourne quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Melbourne NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Cherokee Village quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
118 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Violet Hill between 1998 and 2020, burning about 2,963 acres in total. None started naturally. 35 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 burning | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 23 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Violet Hill: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L.C.Crutchfield Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Black Rock Sand & Gravel Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
4 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Violet Hill in 4 storm reports between 1993 and 2001: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Violet Hill | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Violet Hill | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large road sign. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Violet Hill | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Violet Hill | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Liberty | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| Jett (historical) | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Larkin | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Franklin | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| LaCrosse | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Brockwell | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Wiseman | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Twin Bridges | 5.9 miles | 10 |
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 Violet Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7933243 | The 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 78662. 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.






