Gravel Hill, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Cadron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72136. It lies near Walker Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Sidon quadrangle.
On record in Gravel Hill
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Gravel Hill Baptist Churchlisted 1992
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Sidon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Sidon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
57 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Gravel Hill between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,080 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Smoking | 95 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 70 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Gravel Hill: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Flagstone, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dugout Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gravel Hill in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2018: 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Gravel Hill | $50,000 | A bridge was washed out on Foster Rd. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Gravel Hill | - | Four homes in the Floyd-Romance Community off Highway 31 and Gravel Hill Road are being evacuated. Lake Barnett has risen and has endangered homes in the area. |
| January 2012 | Hail | Gravel Hill | - | Quarter to half dollar size hail fell. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Gravel Hill | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joy | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Turnip (historical) | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Harmony | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Romance | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Floyd | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Hart | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Center Hill | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Sidon | 6.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 81863. 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.




