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Gayler, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72560. It lies near Sweat Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Fiftysix quadrangle.

Gayler within Stone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

106 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Gayler between 1993 and 2020, burning about 496 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined30
Debris and open burning28
Arson/incendiarism22
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural4
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsGREEN
4 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsLONG
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsROSA
25 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsPHILL
20 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2012Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stone County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Gayler: 8 producers, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Tantalum, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Allison Mine & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkCopper, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Tantalum, ZincOccurrence
Mountain View PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mountain View PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stone County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stone County PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Stone 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
Allison2.9 miles16
Fiftysix3.3 miles16
Hedges (historical)4.2 miles16
Mountain View4.9 miles14
Newnata5.1 miles15
Big Springs5.6 miles15
East Richwoods5.9 miles14
Oga (historical)6.3 miles15

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 Q122545008The 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 71741. 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.