Gravesville, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Cargile Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72039. The Survey maps it on the Morganton quadrangle.

Gravesville within Van Buren County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Bee Branch quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1961 USGS Morganton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Conway quadrangle1:100000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1989 USGS Morganton quadrangle1:24000
1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

39 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Gravesville between 1998 and 2019, burning about 515 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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	17
Arson/incendiarism	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Natural	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 1999	Debris and open burning	40 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2000	Natural	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 2006	Debris and open burning	12 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
24 August 2010	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
20 May 2007	Arson/incendiarism	42 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 April 2007	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Van Buren County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gravesville: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Stell Pit & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Stone	Past Producer
Unk	Stone	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Van Buren 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Southside	3.4 miles	12
Damascus	3.6 miles	13
Bee Branch	4.9 miles	12
Fairbanks	5.5 miles	12
Morganton	5.8 miles	12
Rabbit Ridge	6.1 miles	12
Whipple	6.5 miles	12
East Mountain (historical)	7.3 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 49602. 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.