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Red Gate, Arkansas

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Big Rock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72210. It stands on Crooked Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alexander quadrangle.

Red Gate within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 25 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

117 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Red Gate between 1997 and 2020, burning about 779 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 25 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 burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Arson/incendiarism25
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2005Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burning165 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2002Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Red Gate: 19 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Talc-Soapstone, Slate, Dimension. 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
Bryant MillTalc-Soapstone, Slate, DimensionProducer
Milwhite BariteBarium-BariteProducer
No NameFullers EarthUnknown
No NameLimestone, DimensionUnknown
No NameLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Pulaski County Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Arkansas Talc Co.-MillAluminumUnknown

Every working recorded in Pulaski 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
Otter Creek1.0 miles25
Terrytown1.0 miles25
Alexander1.2 miles25
Mabelvale3.1 miles25
Shiloh3.6 miles25
Merrivale4.0 miles26
Guilford (historical)4.3 miles26
Allendale Manor4.4 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78143. 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.