Gibbs, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Sims Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71969. It stands on Rocky Creek. The Survey maps it on the Story quadrangle.

Gibbs within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

1890 USGS Mount Ida quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1890 USGS Mt Ida quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Mount Ida quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Lake Ouachita quadrangle1:100000
1986 USGS Story quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

71 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Gibbs between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,253 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 30 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
Arson/incendiarism	30
Natural	12
Debris and open burning	11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Recreation and ceremony	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Smoking	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
7 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2000	Smoking	under an acre	Ouachita National Forest	BIG BRANCH
1 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	6.0 acres	Ouachita National Forest	RAINEY CREEK
5 August 2000	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
31 August 2000	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Ouachita National Forest	CHASEWOOD
30 August 2000	Arson/incendiarism	30 acres	Ouachita National Forest	RIFLE RANGE #2
30 August 1997	Debris and open burning	7.5 acres	Ouachita National Forest	SIMS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Gibbs: 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Quartz, Flagstone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Mauldin Pit	Flagstone	Producer
Diamond Drill Carbon #3	Quartz	Unknown
Oden Mine	Quartz	Producer	1986
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Montgomery 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Chasewood Landing	3.4 miles	15
Sims	3.8 miles	15
Washita	4.5 miles	15
Buddys Landing	4.7 miles	15
Mauldin	5.2 miles	15
Story	5.8 miles	15
Sweethome	6.1 miles	15
Pencil Bluff	6.5 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 63500. 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.