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Gabriel, Arkansas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 4. It lies in ZIP code area 72843. It stands on Meyer Branch. The Survey maps it on the Solo quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Gabriel within Pope County

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 21 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

54 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Gabriel (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 867 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 23 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/incendiarism23
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2

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 August 2012Naturalunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsNORTH FORK
27 August 1995Smokingunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsGOOCH'S CHAPEL
2 August 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsVICTOR
16 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsREPEAT
5 July 2013Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsEASTFORK
5 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsKNOB HOLLOW
26 July 2012Naturalunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsWINDMILL
3 June 2012Natural10 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsMAC

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Gabriel (historical): 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pope 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
Solo2.5 miles21
Northwood (historical)2.9 miles21
Smyrna3.4 miles22
Nogo3.5 miles22
Lost Corner5.0 miles21
Okay (historical)5.2 miles21
Victor5.5 miles15
Raspberry5.9 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62012. 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.