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Gaither, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Gaither Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72601. It lies near Hambrick Knob. The Survey maps it on the Gaither quadrangle.

Gaither within Boone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 13 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 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Gaither between 1997 and 2020, burning about 813 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
24 August 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2006Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2006Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2006Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 April 2011Debris and open burning21 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boone 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 Gaither: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Boone County

Storms near this place

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gaither in 13 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 10 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2019Thunderstorm WindGaither-A tree was reported down in Gaither.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindGaither-Numerous large tree limbs were knocked down.
March 2015HailGaither-no account filed
February 2006HailGaither-no account filed
August 2000HailGaither-no account filed
March 1998HailGaither-no account filed
April 1998HailGaither-no account filed
March 1997HailGaither-no account filed
June 1996HailGaither-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindGaither-no account filed
April 1996HailGaither-no account filed
April 1996HailGaither-no account filed
April 1993HailGaither-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boone 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
Elmwood3.3 miles13
Hill Top4.7 miles13
Grubb Springs5.0 miles13
Watkins (historical)5.7 miles13
Red Bank6.4 miles13
Capps6.5 miles13
Harrison6.7 miles13
Chapman6.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57785. 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.