Gamaliel, Arkansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72537. It sits by Bean Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Gamaliel quadrangle. 33 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 902 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 18 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.
- 1890 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Gamaliel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Gamaliel quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Bull Shoals Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
21 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Gamaliel between 1992 and 2019, burning about 959 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 May 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 72 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 April 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Gamaliel: 4 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buttrom Land Number Two | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Hawkeye Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Hulsenbeck Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Bean Prospect | Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Bluebird Mine & Plant | Zinc | Prospect |
Storms near this place
20 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gamaliel in 20 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Gamaliel | $100,000 | A number of county roads were flooded. |
| April 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Gamaliel | $10,000 | This tornado touched down near the intersection of Arkansas Hwy 101 and County Road 804, with several trees either uprooted or trunks snapped. There was also some minor damage to a church, along with damage to a garage and outbuildings. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | $2,000 | A tree was blown down onto a county road, and a number of large limbs were blown down. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | $500 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree onto Highway 101. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| October 2009 | Flood | Gamaliel | - | Flash flooding which began on the 29th became widespread areal flooding on the 30th. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | - | Several large trees blown down. One vehicle was damaged by a fallen tree. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | - | Large tree knocked down. |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | - | Straight line winds from a severe thunderstorm knocked down a number of trees in and around Gamaliel. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| November 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | - | A boat dock was damaged when a large cable snapped and fell on it. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Gamaliel | - | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Gamaliel | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Gamaliel | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Gamaliel | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Gamaliel | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bennetts (historical) | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Custer (historical) | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Cumi | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Mallard Point | 5.0 miles | 20 | |
| Norfork Lake Estates | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Henderson | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Lakeside Terrace | 6.0 miles | 20 | |
| Clarkridge | 6.4 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Gamaliel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5519566 | 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 57790. 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.











