Sand Gap, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 4. It lies in ZIP code area 72837. It lies near Sollys Knob. The Survey maps it on the Sand Gap quadrangle. It stands 1,962 feet above sea level.
On record in Sand Gap
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.
Thomas J. Hankins Houselisted 2013 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 15 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.
- 1889 USGS Treat quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Treat quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Treat quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Treat NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Sand Gap quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
41 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Sand Gap between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,532 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 20 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/incendiarism | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 July 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | ROAD SIDE |
| 17 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | KINGS BLUFF |
| 9 April 2006 | Natural | 37 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | COLEMAN |
| 7 April 2006 | Natural | 130 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | SULPHUR CREEK |
| 6 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | HEFFLEY |
| 2 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | ROBERTSON ROAD |
| 14 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 850 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | SULPHUR CREEK #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sand Gap: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelsor Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sand Gap in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2016: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Sand Gap | $15,000 | Flooding occurred across the county. Arkansas Highway 7 at Arkansas Highway 27 in Dover was closed due to high water. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Gap | - | A few large trees were reported down in the area. |
| November 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Gap | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees. |
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.
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 Sand Gap | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7415790 | 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 78290. 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.










