BlockGallatin, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Township 5. It lies in ZIP code area 72761. The Survey maps it on the Gallatin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1899 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1904 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Gallatin quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Gallatin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,459 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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/incendiarism | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2011 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Smoking | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 994 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | HONEY CREEK |
| 15 August 2012 | Natural | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Gallatin: 2 unknowns. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmount | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Martin | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Logan | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Flint (historical) | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Felker (historical) | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Pedro | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Lone Elm (historical) | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Springtown | 3.8 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 71713. 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.