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Walnut Hill, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Township 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72732. It stands on Taylor Branch. The Survey maps it on the Garfield quadrangle.

Walnut Hill within Benton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

98 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Walnut Hill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,306 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 43 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/incendiarism43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Debris and open burning12
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresPea Ridge National Military ParkFUELBURN
5 September 2012Naturalunder an acrePea Ridge National Military ParkKOA CAMPGROUND
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePea Ridge National Military ParkTOURROAD
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresPea Ridge National Military ParkNIGHTTIME
2 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePea Ridge National Military ParkFORD ROAD WF
4 August 2012Natural5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 2012Natural5.0 acresPea Ridge National Military ParkBYLER WILDFIRE
7 July 1996Naturalunder an acrePea Ridge National Military ParkROUNDBALE1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Walnut Hill: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, 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
Jack Holt QuarriesStone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Benton 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
Hill Top2.7 miles15
Garfield2.9 miles15
Leetown3.4 miles18
Elkhorn Tavern3.4 miles18
Brightwater3.5 miles18
Avoca4.2 miles18
Puckett (historical)4.7 miles18
Lost Bridge Village4.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76080. 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.