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Gulley, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Johnson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72762. It stands on Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Springdale quadrangle. It stands 1,204 feet above sea level.

Gulley within Washington County

On record in Gulley

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

11 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Gulley between 2005 and 2017, burning about 39 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined5
Debris and open burning2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
28 August 2012Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2012Natural4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 July 2011Misuse of fire by a minor4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 July 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 December 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Gulley: 12 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Johnson Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mcclinton Bros CoLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
UnkLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
UnkLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Cove Creek Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Johnson0.5 miles18
Shady Grove1.0 miles18
Barbara (historical)3.2 miles19
Cross Roads (historical)3.5 miles18
Springdale3.7 miles18
Oak Grove3.9 miles18
Steele4.2 miles18
Tontitown4.8 miles18

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.

Wikipedia article on GulleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5617771The 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 81631. 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.