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Greene County, Arkansas

70 topographic sheets cover 55 settlements here, and 18 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

18 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Arkansas within the United States
Greene County within Arkansas

What the record shows

  • 766 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 18 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 14 buildings, 1 structure, 1 site, 1 district and 1 object.
  • 2 of the 18 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 55 populated places in this county; 55 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

18

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Beisel-Mitchell Housebuilding199696001031
Crowley's Ridge State Park-Bathhousebuilding199292000537
Crowley's Ridge State Park-Bridgestructure199292000540
Crowley's Ridge State Park-Comfort Stationbuilding199292000538
Crowley's Ridge State Park-Dining Hallbuilding199292000536
George Ray's Dragstripsite200606000075
Greene County Courthousebuilding197676000412
Gulf Oil Company Service Stationbuilding199494000850
Highfill-McClure Housebuilding200202000260
Jackson-Herget Housebuilding199292000907
Linwood Mausoleumbuilding200706001314
National Bank of Commerce Buildingbuilding199393000423
Old Bethel Methodist Churchbuilding197878000590
Paragould Downtown Commercial Historic Districtdistrict200303000646
Paragould War Memorialobject199797000554
St. Mary's Catholic Churchbuilding201514001198
Standard Oil Company Oil Station Garage Buildingbuilding2022100008154
Texaco Station No. 1building200101000718

Wildfire, 1997 to 2020

60 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 60 of them, burning about 1,064 acres. None started naturally and 10 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. Three of them were set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
18 November 2001Arson/incendiarism200 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burning100 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionJERUSALEM COMPLEX
29 October 1999Debris and open burning80 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 February 2015Misuse of fire by a minor50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 April 2006Arson/incendiarism40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 October 2004Debris and open burning40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 April 2000Arson/incendiarism35 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1954 to 2026

60 of 347 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 347 reports for this county, causing 3 deaths, 66 injuries and about $39,397,770 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind145
Hail113
Flash Flood40
Tornado39
Flood5
Lightning3
Funnel Cloud2

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1968Tornado (F3)not stated1 killed, 6 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
March 1997Tornado (F3)Fontaine1 killed, 5 hurt, $500,000no account filed
May 2011FloodStonewall1 killed, $100,000Heavy rain during the end of April into the beginning of May caused the Cache River to rise above flood stage. Numerous roads were closed and/or damaged. Some homes sustained minor damage. One man drowned while attempting to check on his flooded home. He became disorientated and could not tell where the road and the flood waters were. He drove his vehicle into a flooded ditch as a result.
April 2006Tornado (F3)Delaplaine47 hurt, $25,000,000A tornado continued to track east from Randolph County into Greene County and eventually continued into Dunklin County, Missouri. The hardest hit area was in the town of Marmaduke. Forty-seven injuries occurred in Marmaduke with two people being airlifted to a local hospital. One hundred and thirty houses were destroyed in Marmaduke with twenty-five mobile homes also being destroyed. A pharmacy was also destroyed in Marmaduke. Outside of Marmaduke, in the rest of the county, nineteen homes and 11 mobile homes were destroyed. In addition, seven houses and two mobile homes had major damage in the county. In all, approximately five hundred homes were affected.
March 2025Tornado (EF2)Brookings4 hurt, $2,000,000A tornado crossed from northern Craighead County into Greene County and continued northeast where additional tree damage was noted. Some of the gaps in damage indicators over areas that were difficult to access were filled in using Sentinel satellite data. As the tornado approached Paragould, the tornado intensified just before Pruetts Chapel Road causing damage in the Club View Estates and The Enclave communities. Multiple homes have significant roof damage. A few homes in the Club View Estates neighborhood were impacted by a tornado for the second time in 10 months. A home on South 34th Street had several first-story walls collapsed into the home, with the entire second floor collapsed on itself. An additional home on Enclave Circle had large sections of the brick exterior collapsed inward on the home with about half of the second floor and roof missing. The tornado continued to the northeast, causing damage to a two-story home on Valley South Drive with large sections of the second floor collapsed inward or missing. The tornado moved northeast onto Park Ridge Drive, with additional roof damage and trees uprooted. The tornado continued along Chateau Blvd causing minor damage to an assisted living building and uprooting more trees. After crossing Highway 49, Clove Circle was impacted with a home losing its roof and causing some minor brick damage to the home. The tornado intensified again near West Mueller Street, causing significant damage to a home. The tornado continued northeast along West Park Street causing a few homes to lose portions of their roofs and uprooting multiple trees. As the tornado crossed Highway 412, multiple metal building systems were damaged. Damage included a partially collapsed outbuilding, roof damage to multiple buildings, and debris being tracked to the northeast. No additional damage was noted beyond this area. Tornado damage is consistent with an EF-2 tornado with 125 mph winds in Paragould.
April 1967Tornado (F2)not stated2 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
January 1964Tornado (F2)not stated2 hurt, $250,000no account filed
May 2024Tornado (EF2)Finch$1,000,000The tornado began along County Road 735 in Paragould, AR, resulting in a few trees uprooted and snapped. Damage was also noted to a carport which had fallen on a vehicle with only minor roof damage to the home. The tornado continued to move east, crossing Highway 412 and producing additional tree damage. Wind speeds within the tornado intensified as it approached Spring Grove Road where the first signs of significant structural damage were noted to a home. A couple of homes suffered minor roof damage along Pruetts Chapel Road with further intensification noted on Rockingchair Road and Sandy Lane where significant roof damage occurred to a residence and a couple of outbuildings were completely destroyed. Damage became more sporadic as the tornado moved east along Pruetts Chapel Road, but additional significant damage to homes and trees was noted on South 34th Street and Sandwedge Drive, along Enclave Circle, and on Carroll Road. The maximum intensity of the tornado was likely in this area. One home lost its entire roof and widespread tree damage with a clear path was noted nearby. The tornado quickly weakened as it moved to the east with the last damage noted just to the west of Highway 49 north of Mockingbird Lane. Peak winds were estimated at 120 mph.
July 2009LightningParagould$1,000,000A lightning strike started a fire at the Martin Sprocket & Gear Incorporated Plant. The fire destroyed all the warehouses and ten percent of the plant received heavy smoke damage from the fire.
August 2018Tornado (EF1)Finch$500,000This tornado developed near County Road 714 and damaged two barns early in its path. The tornado uprooted or snapped trees along County Roads 714, 740, and 707. The tornado overturned a mobile home off of County Road 740 and destroyed a storage shed along County Road 707. The tornado caused minor roof damage near the intersection of County Roads 707 and 718 and along County Road 745. The tornado dissipated just east of County Road 745.
March 2020Tornado (EF1)Bard$300,000This tornado developed south of U.S. Highway 412 and west of County Road 934. The tornado overturned a center pivot irrigation system. As it crossed Highway 412, it damaged an industrial building and a grain bin. West of Highway 119, the tornado damaged trees, storage buildings, and a mobile home. The last damage was observed to trees along Highway 119. Peak winds were estimated at 90 mph.
March 2017Tornado (EF0)Marmaduke$250,000The first damage occurred to a gas station just west of Highway 49. As the tornado moved through the south and east sections of Marmaduke, approximately 20 homes suffered roof damage. Several trees were snapped. Near the end of the track, the tornado damaged the roof and several roll-up doors of an industrial plant. Peak winds estimated at 80 mph.
November 2000Thunderstorm WindParagould$250,000Several houses were damaged. A wooden monument built to honor World War I veterans was blown down. Several trees and power lines were knocked down.
March 1984Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
November 1965Tornado (F3)not stated$250,000no account filed
December 2009Flash FloodParagould$206,000Heavy rain produced flash flooding near Paragould. County Roads 920 and 853 were closed as a result. Two men and a small child had to be rescued from their vehicle after it became stalled in waist high water.
April 2017LightningGainesville$150,000Lightning is suspected to have caused a house fire near Oak Grove Heights north of Paragould. The house was destroyed by the fire.
March 2026Tornado (EF0)Light$125,000A tornado began just south of Highway 412, damaging a grain bin and snapping a few trees along County Road 300. The tornado then caused damage to a camper along County Road 208. This tornado continued east-northeast and damaged an outbuilding on County Road 205 and caused tree damage at the intersection of County Road 205 and 214. This tornado resulted in EF-0 damage with 85 mph winds. The tornado lifted east of County Road 214.
June 2011Tornado (EF1)Bard$120,000A tornado touched down just north of U.S. Highway 412, about 4 miles east of Paragould. The tornado overturned a semi-truck on Highway 412. Two homes, one business and one barn on the south side of the highway sustained roof damage. Windows were also blown out. The tornado continued on a south-southeast path and caused severe damage to a single wide mobile home along County Road 932. The entire roof was blown off and more than half of the walls were knocked down. A second single wide mobile home along County Road 905 sustained partial roof damage. A business size metal storage building along County Road 905 sustained significant roof damage and a steel carport was destroyed. Sheet metal from the storage building was found in cornfields up to a mile away on the track. Several trees were uprooted and branches were knocked down all along the track. The tornado lifted in a corn field, a quarter mile east of County Road 932.
March 2026Tornado (EF0)Beech Grove$100,000This tornado started along Highway 34 W and damaged the roof of a metal outbuilding and the roof of a residence. Some damage to tree branches in this area was also noted. The tornado moved eastward towards Greene Road 125, where additional tree damage occurred along with minor damage to a barn. This tornado was rated EF-0 with 80 mph winds. The tornado lifted in a wooded area near Greene Road 125.
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Schug$100,000This tornado developed in far southern Greene County, AR, just east of the intersection of County Road 931 and Craighead County Road 989 on the Greene-Craighead County line. The first sign of damage was some farm equipment blown into an open field. Two homes were damaged just north of County Road 931, one significantly. The first home along County Road 931 suffered minor exterior damage and a tree was snapped in its front yard. More significant damage occurred to the house just to the east near the intersection of 931 and Craighead County Road 991, where much of the roof was removed and a nearby outbuilding was completely destroyed. In addition, exterior walls from an add-on room partially collapsed. Several power lines were also down along County Road 931 as the tornado crossed into extreme northern Craighead County. Mostly tree damage was noted in Craighead County just south of Route 931 with the tornado lifting in an open field to the west of Highway 135. Peak winds were estimated at 105 mph.
February 2011Flash FloodDelaplaine$100,000Heavy rain produced flash flooding in Northwest Greene County. County Road 138 was closed due to flooding along with all the low water crossings across Northwest Greene County. The Evening Star community on County Roads 223 and 229 was completely flooded. The Stanford community had some flooding on County Road 203 while County Road 215 was flooded near Beech Groove.
May 2011FloodMarmaduke$100,000Heavy rain during late April into early May caused the St. Francis River to rise to near record levels. The river remained above flood stage through the end of May. Several roads were closed and/or damaged. A few homes sustained minor damage. Several hundred acres of cropland was flooded.
February 2018Thunderstorm WindWalcott$75,000Roofs were blown off two barns near Highway 168 and County Road 310.
March 2008FloodDelaplaine$75,000Heavy rain produced flooding along the Black River and it's tributaries. County Roads 933, 960, 911, 520, and 435 were closed as a result of the flooding. Many residents were forced to evacuate due to the rising flood waters. Two houses and several roads received major damage. County road 520 was washed away. Greene County was declared a state disaster area.
January 1999Tornado (F1)Evening Star$75,000A tornado touched down near Evening Star and continued northeast toward Beech Grove. At least twelve homes were damaged or destroyed. A church was also badly damaged.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindBethel$60,000Straight-line winds knocked several trees in the southern part of Paragould and caused minor damage to a few homes and mobile homes. One mobile home was heavily damaged.
January 2007Flash FloodParagould$53,000Heavy rain produced flash flooding across Greene County as a result several roads were washed away. In addition, many side streets in Paragould were flooded. Water rose high enough to flood a few street level apartments.
August 2018Tornado (EF0)Marmaduke$50,000This tornado developed along Highway 34 east of Marmaduke. The tornado damaged a few trees and overturned and dragged a semi-trailer designed for carrying grain.
May 1998Tornado (F1)Light$50,000A tornado crossed in from Lawrence county and moved northeast toward the town of Light. Several houses were damaged or destroyed. A few trees and power lines were knocked down.
April 2018HailFinch$50,000no account filed
March 1996Thunderstorm WindWalcott$50,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDelaplaine$45,000Three silos were destroyed and thrown into a nearby field along Highway 280 near the Greene-Clay county line between Delaphaine and Brookings.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindBethel$40,000Straight line winds blew a roof off a shop building along Highway 69 in Paragould. In addition, a tractor-trailer was blown over on Tower Drive.
January 2002Thunderstorm WindEvening Star$40,000A barn was blown down near Lafe. A 100 foot antenna was twisted. Several trees were knocked down.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindParagould$30,000Nine power poles were snapped on Highway 135 South, just south of 412 East.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Hooker$30,000Tornado reported near Knob, Arkansas with damage to a home on Greene Road 402.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCenter Hill$30,000Power lines and trees down around Paragould.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindFinch$30,000Large tree down on house on County Road 707.
June 2017Flash FloodParagould$30,000Several roads on the southeast side of Paragould were closed due to rising water.
July 2010Flash FloodSchug$30,000Heavy rain produced widespread flash flooding in Paragould. U.S. Highway 49 had a least a foot of water over the road while South 4th Street had nearly two feet of water covering it. Highway 412 was underwater in several places and at least ten other roads in the town of Paragould were flooded. Water was as high as the wheel wells of vehicles in a few locations. A few homes had water seeping into them.
March 2026Tornado (EF1)Lafe$25,000The tornado touched down in a wooded area west of County Road 138 southwest of Lafe. Tree damage was noted as the tornado crossed County Road 138 with additional tree damage near County Road 151. The tornado continued northeast, causing minor roof damage to a residence near the intersection of Greene Roads 151 and 142. A small barn was also destroyed off Greene Road 142 near Highway 135. The tornado crossed Highway 135 and damaged a barn just south of Highway 34 E. This damage was consistent with a 90 mph EF1 tornado. The tornado lifted in a wooded area north of Highway 34 E.
May 2021Tornado (EF0)Gainesville$25,000The tornado damaged trees and moved a double-wide mobile home off of its piers along Highway 34. The tornado crossed Highway 34 and damaged a shed and a large metal storage building. As the tornado approached and crossed Highway 135, it uprooted numerous trees and snapped the trunks of a couple of trees. The last observed damage was east of Highway 135 along County Road 510. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindBeech Grove$25,000Several buildings were damaged. Many trees were knocked down.
January 1999Tornado (F1)Bethel$25,000The tornado started just south of Bethel and continued east toward the town of Schug. A roof was blown off of a substance abuse center and several mobile homes were damaged in Schug.
March 1999Thunderstorm WindSchug$25,000A trailer was destroyed.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindLight$25,000One business lost its roof. Several trees were blown down.
April 1984Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
March 1976Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
September 1974Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
April 1957Tornado (F3)not stated$25,000no account filed
March 2008Thunderstorm WindParagould Muni Arpt$20,000Straight line winds turned over a Cessna airplane at the Paragould Airport. Power poles were also knocked down in the area.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindParagould$20,000A mobile home was overturned.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindParagould$20,000A tractor shed was destroyed and a grain elevator was damaged. Pieces of awning at the Oak Grove Middle School were blown off. One house was damaged when a trampoline was blown into in. Several large tree limbs were blown down.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindParagould$20,000One mobile home had its top blown off. Some trees and power lines were knocked down.
January 2000Thunderstorm WindMarmaduke$20,000Several barns and grain bins were damaged. Several large trees were knocked down.
July 1995Tornado (F0)Paragould$20,000Some houses had their windows blown out of them. A mobile home had its roof blown off, carried across a road and wrapped around a tree. A barn was destroyed. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindClarks Chapel$15,000Straight-line winds associated with the rear flank downdraft of the Paragould tornado caused minor roof damage to a home on CR 737 and damaged an outbuilding on CR 716.
January 2023Flash FloodParagould Muni Arpt$15,000Residential flooding occurred on Formon Drive and Stacy Drive in north Paragould. Water reached at least 6 inches deep in some homes and some residents were evacuated.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindLafe$15,000A roof was torn off of a building two miles northwest of Lafe.

Mines and quarries

49 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 49 workings inside this county. 8 still produce and 41 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction36
Stone11
Clay2

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bradburn PropertyClayOccurrence
Sheppard LinkeClayUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
Cline PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cooper PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Delta Asphalt of Ark,Inc Pit,No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dwyer Pit No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Edd RidgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Express Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Greene CountySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jf BowlinSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kelley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
L TreadwaySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Paragould PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tedler PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tri-County Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Wells Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Whitley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every populated place in the county

55

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

The vanished settlements of Greene County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.