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Gleason, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Cadron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72034. It stands on Cypress Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gleason quadrangle.

Gleason within Faulkner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

40 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Gleason between 1997 and 2020, burning about 327 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2001Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionFAU17347739
5 August 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2002Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Faulkner County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Gleason: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Toadsuck Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Plnt No 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Faulkner County

Storms near this place

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gleason in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2019: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2019FloodGleason$1,000,000Flooding began on the Arkansas River at Toad Suck on May 25 and continued into June. The river reached a record stage in June.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindGleason$150,000A few trees were blown down, one of which fell on a house. A highway sign was blown down on Interstate 40. The ceiling of the drive-though section of a car dealership was badly damaged.
April 2013Flash FloodGleason$25,000Roads were flooded and barricaded several places in Faulkner County. Water entered two apartments in Mayflower.
April 2011FloodGleason$5,000no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindGleason-A large tree was blown down and blocking Highway 64 north of Conway between Salem and Hogan.
June 2009Flash FloodGleason-The Conway Street Department reported that streets were barricaded in downtown Conway, including Oak Street between Court and Front Streets, Prairie Street between the railroad tracks and Locust, and Parkway between Prairie and Oak.

Every storm recorded in Faulkner 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
Cadron (historical)1.8 miles17
Salem (historical)2.2 miles17
Red Hill3.5 miles17
Conway4.2 miles13
Belk Corner4.4 miles13
Lakeview Acres4.8 miles11
Brumley5.8 miles13
Pleasant Valley5.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57821. 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.