BlockGravel Hill, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Craig Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72030. It stands on Beardy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cleveland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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.
- 1892 USGS Morrillton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Morrillton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1894 USGS Morrilton quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Conway quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
192 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Gravel Hill between 1996 and 2020, burning about 4,074 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 97 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 | 97 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Grove | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Claude | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Edge (historical) | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Old Liberty (historical) | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Gridley (historical) | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Scotland | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Mountain (historical) | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Racket Ridge (historical) | 4.6 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 71819. 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.