Gridley, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72141. It lies near Egger Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Rex quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Gridley within Van Buren County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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.

1892 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
1901 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Rex quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Gridley (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,349 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined	27
Debris and open burning	19
Arson/incendiarism	16
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Natural	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
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
9 September 2004	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	17 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 2011	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 2010	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Edge (historical)	1.5 miles	16
Old Liberty (historical)	2.5 miles	16
Liberty Springs (historical)	2.7 miles	16
Gravel Hill	2.8 miles	16
Racket Ridge (historical)	3.1 miles	16
Pleasant Grove	3.4 miles	16
Scotland	3.7 miles	15
Latham (historical)	4.2 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 68669. 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.