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Gassville, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 10. It lies in ZIP code area 72635. The Survey maps it on the Mountain Home West quadrangle. 2,171 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 764 feet above sea level.

Gassville within Baxter County

On record in Gassville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

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

46 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Gassville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 436 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism13
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
30 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2005Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2012Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2001Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baxter 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 Gassville: 3 unknowns, 3 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Stone, 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
Corbin Iron DepositIronOccurrence
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown
Big John ProspectLead, ZincProspect
Cincinnati ProspectLead, ZincProspect
Commercial ProspectLead, ZincProspect

Every working recorded in Baxter County

Storms near this place

30 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gassville in 30 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 13 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 tornado, 2 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
July 2009LightningGassville1 hurtA 14 year-old male was injured by lightning while adjusting a tall, outdoor television antenna.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindGassville1 hurtno account filed
October 2007LightningGassville$10,000Lightning struck a power line, knocking out electricity to about 2200 customers. Gassville and Cotter were affected, as were parts of Mountain Home, Yellville, and Harrison.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindGassville$5,000The roof of a house was damaged.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindGassville$1,000A dumpster was rolled through a wooden privacy fence in Gassville.
March 2026HailGassville-Quarter-sized hail fell in the community of Gassville.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindGassville-Several tree limbs were broken with shingles blown off of a roof in the town of Gassville.
July 2024Heavy RainGassville-A 24 rainfall total of 5.21 inches was measured near the town of Gassville.
July 2023HailGassville-Nickel size hail fell in the community of Cotter.
May 2022Flash FloodGassville-The intersection of Wildcat Shoals Rd. and Denton Ferry Rd. was impassable due to high water. Also, once car was submerged, but the occupant was unharmed.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindGassville-A carport was overturned in addition to downed trees and powerlines.
April 2017HailGassville-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail near Gassville.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindGassville-Metal roofing material was removed from a home.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindGassville-A trained spotter reported power lines and large tree limbs down in Gassville.
June 2011Heavy RainGassville-Rainfall measured 1.07 inches in 30 minutes.
March 2008Flash FloodGassville-Water was reported across roads in Gassville.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindGassville-Thunderstorm winds downed trees at Gassville, with one tree on a house.
April 2003Tornado (F1)Gassville-A weak tornado moved from Marion County into Baxter County about 3.1 miles southeast of Gassville. The tornado traveled 15 miles before lifting 7.5 miles northeast of Mountain Home. The tornado passed through the southern portions of Mountain Home. An unoccupied mobile home was destroyed, and debris from the mobile home knocked an adjacent mobile home off its foundation. A number of homes were also damaged, mostly due to falling trees. Shingles were taken off a number of roofs. An apartment building under construction was damaged and a garage at one home collapsed. One vehicle was destroyed by a falling tree and several others were damaged by falling limbs or flying debris. Some power poles were knocked down and dozens of trees along the tornado track were blown down.
May 2000Tornado (F1)Gassville-A weak tornado affected the Rim Shoals Recreational Area along the White River...which is located about 2 miles southeast of Gassville in Baxter County. The tornado demolished a pavilion at a campground and damaged a couple of rental cabins. Several dozen trees were blown down, with one tree falling on a spot where a tent had been located. The tent was being used by three campers, with the campers evacuated to a permanent building by one of the owners of the campground. The owner evacuated the campers not long after a tornado warning had been issued for the area. The tent has never been found.
April 2014HailGassville-no account filed
June 2011HailGassville-no account filed
May 2011HailGassville-no account filed
July 2010HailGassville-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindGassville-no account filed
April 2003HailGassville-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindGassville-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindGassville-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindGassville-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindGassville-no account filed
March 1996HailGassville-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
Independence (historical)2.0 miles18
Cotter2.3 miles18
Whiteville2.5 miles18
Conville (historical)2.5 miles18
Colfax4.2 miles18
Buford4.3 miles18
Monkey Run4.4 miles18
Laytonville (historical)5.7 miles18

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 GassvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79601The 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 77002. 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.