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Gravelridge, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 7. It lies in ZIP code area 71647. It stands on Brushy L'Aigle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hermitage quadrangle.

Gravelridge within Bradley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

82 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Gravelridge between 2001 and 2020, burning about 668 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 11 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Debris and open burning19
Equipment and vehicle use11
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1

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
8 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2004Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2007Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bradley County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Gravelridge: 15 producers. All of them 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
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Bradley 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
Hermitage2.4 miles18
Castleberry (historical)3.6 miles18
Pirlte (historical)4.0 miles18
Farmville5.0 miles13
Craney5.0 miles13
Greenville5.1 miles18
Jersey5.2 miles17
Ingalls5.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77060. 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.