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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.

Gamaliel within Baxter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

21 since 1992

Regional 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
12 May 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2009Debris and open burning72 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 April 1998Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 April 1998Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 April 2002Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined31 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 April 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baxter County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Buttrom Land Number TwoIronProspect
Hawkeye ProspectLead, ZincProspect
Hulsenbeck ProspectLead, ZincProspect
Bean ProspectZincUnknown
Bluebird Mine & PlantZincProspect

Every working recorded in Baxter County

Storms near this place

20 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2009Flash FloodGamaliel$100,000A number of county roads were flooded.
April 2018Tornado (EF1)Gamaliel$10,000This 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 2014Thunderstorm WindGamaliel$2,000A tree was blown down onto a county road, and a number of large limbs were blown down.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindGamaliel$500Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree onto Highway 101.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGamaliel-Trees and power lines were blown down.
October 2009FloodGamaliel-Flash flooding which began on the 29th became widespread areal flooding on the 30th.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindGamaliel-Several large trees blown down. One vehicle was damaged by a fallen tree.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindGamaliel-Large tree knocked down.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindGamaliel-Straight line winds from a severe thunderstorm knocked down a number of trees in and around Gamaliel.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindGamaliel-Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindGamaliel-Several trees were blown down.
November 1995Thunderstorm WindGamaliel-A boat dock was damaged when a large cable snapped and fell on it.
April 2017HailGamaliel-no account filed
March 2015HailGamaliel-no account filed
June 2009HailGamaliel-no account filed
August 2003HailGamaliel-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindGamaliel-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindGamaliel-no account filed
August 1998HailGamaliel-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindGamaliel-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Baxter 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
Bennetts (historical)2.3 miles18
Custer (historical)2.7 miles18
Cumi4.4 miles18
Mallard Point5.0 miles20
Norfork Lake Estates5.2 miles18
Henderson5.3 miles18
Lakeside Terrace6.0 miles20
Clarkridge6.4 miles20

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 GamalielAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5519566The 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.