Gid, Arkansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Gid Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72556. It lies near Reeves Hill. The Survey maps it on the Mount Pleasant quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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 Batesville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1942 USGS Mt Pleasant quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Mt Pleasant quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Mount Pleasant quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
127 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Gid between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,929 acres in total. None started naturally. 46 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 | 46 |
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Gid: 12 past producers, 5 occurrences, 3 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time Stokes | Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Adler Hollow Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| Bevans Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| C L Sanders Prospect | Manganese | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Cave Hill Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| E D Winkle Prospect | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Earl Collie Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| H.J.Ray Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Henry King Prospect | Manganese | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gid in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 1 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Gid | $25,000 | A weak tornado was spawned by Tropical Depression Gustav. A mobile home had damage to its roof, the porch roof and the underpinning were torn off, and the carport sailed up a hill and became stuck in a fence. A storm door was torn off a house, as were a few pieces of siding. A carport and trampoline at a house were destroyed. A few large limbs were torn off trees. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Old Gid | - | Trees were blown down on West Rd. |
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.
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 Gid | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18151601 | 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 57031. 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.







