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Grand Glaise, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Glaize Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72020. The Survey maps it on the Bradford quadrangle.

Grand Glaise within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

53 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Grand Glaise between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,261 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 27 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/incendiarism27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning10
Smoking3
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
30 September 1999Smoking40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Arson/incendiarism40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2000Arson/incendiarism80 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2000Arson/incendiarism80 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 1999Smoking40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson 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 Grand Glaise: 3 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Collier Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Collier PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Reeves PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Viking PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grand Glaise in 2 storm reports in 2017: 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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
March 2017Tornado (EF1)Grand Glaise$30,000The survey team found extensive tree damage, with numerous trees downed or snapped. In one location, the trees were very large, with one tree crushing a tractor. Several homes had mostly roof damage, with one roof mostly removed. The survey team would like to thank Don Ivie, Jackson County Emergency Manager, for his valuable assistance during this survey.
March 2017HailGrand Glaise-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Possum Grape0.1 miles12
Coffeeville1.2 miles12
Old Grand Glaise2.1 miles12
Olyphant3.7 miles12
Bengel4.8 miles11
Ingleside4.9 miles11
Spriggs Mill5.0 miles11
Heffington5.8 miles9

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.

Wikidata item Q122571913The 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 57837. 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.