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Gertrude, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Garland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71854. The Survey maps it on the Mandeville quadrangle.

Gertrude within Miller County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

211 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of Gertrude between 1997 and 2020, burning about 721 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 26 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 burning89
Missing data/not specified/undetermined60
Arson/incendiarism26
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRAY/GILLAM
7 September 2004Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2011Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2015Debris and open burning1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE
5 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miller County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Gertrude: 18 past producers, 5 producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
DickeyClayUnknown
GallagherClayPast Producer
Hutchinson PitClayProducer
Hutchinson PitClayProducer
Texarkana PlantClayProducer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Miller County

Storms near this place

1 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gertrude in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008Thunderstorm WindGertrude-Large tree limbs were downed on power lines near the community of Genoa.

Every storm recorded in Miller 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
Wona (historical)1.6 miles15
Lakewood Estates1.6 miles15
Mount Pleasant2.2 miles15
Rondo2.5 miles15
Texarkana3.9 miles21
Genoa4.0 miles15
Mandeville5.1 miles15
Boyd5.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77010. 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.