Gulledge, Arkansas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Elon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71646. It stands on Jackson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Berlin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Berlin quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Hamburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Crossett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2002 USGS Berlin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
129 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Gulledge between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,066 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 27 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 | 62 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gulledge in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Gulledge | $10,000 | Several streets and area road were flooded in the Crossett area due to repeated rounds of heavy rainfall. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gulledge | $6,000 | A few trees and power lines were blown down across the south portion of Ashley County. |
| October 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gulledge | $3,000 | A few trees were blown down. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gulledge | $1,000 | A tree was split along Highway 425 between the city of Crossett and the state line. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elon (historical) | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Rolfe Junction | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Rawls | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Unity | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| South Crossett | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Forest Park Addition | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Berlin | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Crossett | 6.2 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122561910 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77084. 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.
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.





