BlockGallatin, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Township 4. It lies in ZIP code area 72736. It stands on South Prong Spavinaw Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gravette quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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
- 1971 USGS Gravette quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
26 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Gallatin (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 491 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | 22 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 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 (historical): 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Gravel Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unknown - Zn/Pb | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clementine (historical) | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Pond (historical) | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Dorsey (historical) | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Nebo | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Gravette | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Decatur | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Parn (historical) | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Calis (historical) | 5.4 miles | 17 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q141202926 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 75524. 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.