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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Mountain Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Conway quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Mountain Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
69 since 1999Regional 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/incendiarism | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2008 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2008 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauxite Exploration | Aluminum | Occurrence | Bauxite | |
| Beryl Pit & Plant | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Cabot Quarry & Mill No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mrs. Arthur Palmer Farm | Sandstone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Cabot Quarry & Mill No 2 | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Cabot Quarry and Mill No 2 | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Sheaffer Quarry | Flagstone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barger Addition | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Cannongate Addition | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Rolling Hills | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Zion Hill | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Westbrook Addition | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Gladewood Addition | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Warsaw | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Macon | 7.2 miles | 19 |
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 Q122596227 | 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 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.







