Gepp, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Vidette Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72538. The Survey maps it on the Gepp quadrangle. It stands 764 feet above sea level.
On record in Gepp
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
County Line School and Lodgelisted 1975
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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 Gepp quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Bull Shoals Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
84 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Gepp between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,813 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gepp: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway 87 Pit & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gepp in 16 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 8 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gepp | $250,000 | One duplex lost its entire roof, several mobile homes were damaged, several outbuildings were damaged or destroyed, and highway signs were blown down. The area affected was so small that only about 100 electric customers lost service. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gepp | $40,000 | A shop building was reported destroyed. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Gepp | $10,000 | Four inch hail was estimated and windshields were broken. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gepp | $10,000 | Power lines were blown down in the area. |
| May 2022 | Flash Flood | Gepp | - | All roads were impassable in Gepp. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gepp | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gepp | - | A mobile home was flipped over. Three occupants were inside, however escaped uninjured. Trees were also blown down. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Gepp | - | Nickel size hail fell for 15 minutes. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Gepp | - | Several vehicles were damaged by the large hail. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gepp | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down a few trees and some large tree limbs. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gepp | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree onto a power line. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gepp | - | Several signs were blown down. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Gepp | - | no account filed |
| February 2012 | Hail | Gepp | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Gepp | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Gepp | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argosy (historical) | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Ruth | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Vidette | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Pickren Hall | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Elizabeth | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Viola | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Mitchell | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| County Line | 7.3 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 Gepp | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5548694 | 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 57538. 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.










