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Gap Rancheros, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72023. The Survey maps it on the Mountain Springs quadrangle.

Gap Rancheros within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

69 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Gap Rancheros between 1999 and 2017, burning about 1,822 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 29 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/incendiarism29
Debris and open burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
5 September 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2004Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2008Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2008Natural7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Gap Rancheros: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Flagstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Sandstone, Dimension. 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
Bauxite ExplorationAluminumOccurrenceBauxite
Beryl Pit & PlantSilicaPast Producer
Cabot Quarry & Mill No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mrs. Arthur Palmer FarmSandstone, DimensionUnknown
Cabot Quarry & Mill No 2FlagstoneProducer
Cabot Quarry and Mill No 2FlagstoneProducer
Sheaffer QuarryFlagstonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Pulaski 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
Barger Addition1.7 miles19
Cannongate Addition2.6 miles19
Rolling Hills3.2 miles19
Zion Hill3.5 miles19
Westbrook Addition3.6 miles19
Gladewood Addition3.6 miles19
Warsaw5.0 miles19
Macon7.2 miles19

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 Q122596227The 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 76139. 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.