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Gum Grove, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71858. The Survey maps it on the Bluff City quadrangle.

Gum Grove within Nevada County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Fires near this place

61 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Gum Grove between 1997 and 2020, burning about 661 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 24 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
Arson/incendiarism24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Debris and open burning7
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use16 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2006Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2004Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada 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 Gum Grove: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
UnkClayProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Nevada County

Storms near this place

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gum Grove in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2020HailGum Grove-Ping pong ball size hail fell south of Bluff City. Report via Twitter.

Every storm recorded in Nevada 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
Zama (historical)2.4 miles16
Bluff City2.6 miles16
Dills Mills2.7 miles16
Cummings Springs3.5 miles17
Foss (historical)3.6 miles16
Lackland (historical)3.6 miles16
Morris4.2 miles16
Reader5.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57856. 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.

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.