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Zion Hill, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72023. It lies near Mill Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Olmstead quadrangle.

Zion Hill within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

34 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Zion Hill between 1997 and 2020, burning about 882 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 burning16
Arson/incendiarism8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
28 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2004Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2004Debris and open burning14 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2015Debris and open burning119 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 2010Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2002Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Zion Hill: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Flagstone, Sandstone, Dimension. 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
Mrs. Arthur Palmer FarmSandstone, DimensionUnknown
Cabot Quarry & Mill No 2FlagstoneProducer
Cabot Quarry and Mill No 2FlagstoneProducer
Sheaffer QuarryFlagstonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Pulaski 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
Cannongate Addition1.8 miles19
Warsaw1.9 miles19
Barger Addition1.9 miles19
Rolling Hills2.5 miles19
Gladewood Addition3.5 miles19
Gap Rancheros3.5 miles11
Westbrook Addition4.1 miles19
Macon4.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 67729. 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.