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.
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
Rollins Hospitallisted 2007
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
- 1966 USGS Mountain Home West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Mountain Home West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Bull Shoals Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
46 since 1997Regional 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/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corbin Iron Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Big John Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Cincinnati Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Commercial Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Prospect |
Storms near this place
30 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Lightning | Gassville | 1 hurt | A 14 year-old male was injured by lightning while adjusting a tall, outdoor television antenna. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gassville | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Lightning | Gassville | $10,000 | Lightning 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gassville | $5,000 | The roof of a house was damaged. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gassville | $1,000 | A dumpster was rolled through a wooden privacy fence in Gassville. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Gassville | - | Quarter-sized hail fell in the community of Gassville. |
| March 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gassville | - | Several tree limbs were broken with shingles blown off of a roof in the town of Gassville. |
| July 2024 | Heavy Rain | Gassville | - | A 24 rainfall total of 5.21 inches was measured near the town of Gassville. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Gassville | - | Nickel size hail fell in the community of Cotter. |
| May 2022 | Flash Flood | Gassville | - | 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gassville | - | A carport was overturned in addition to downed trees and powerlines. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Gassville | - | A trained spotter reported quarter size hail near Gassville. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gassville | - | Metal roofing material was removed from a home. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gassville | - | A trained spotter reported power lines and large tree limbs down in Gassville. |
| June 2011 | Heavy Rain | Gassville | - | Rainfall measured 1.07 inches in 30 minutes. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Gassville | - | Water was reported across roads in Gassville. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gassville | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees at Gassville, with one tree on a house. |
| April 2003 | Tornado (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 2000 | Tornado (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 2014 | Hail | Gassville | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Gassville | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Gassville | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Gassville | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gassville | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Gassville | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gassville | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gassville | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gassville | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gassville | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Gassville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independence (historical) | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Cotter | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Whiteville | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Conville (historical) | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Colfax | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Buford | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Monkey Run | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Laytonville (historical) | 5.7 miles | 18 |
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 Gassville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79601 | 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 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.











