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Beech Grove, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Dalton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72412. It stands on Lick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lafe quadrangle. It stands 308 feet above sea level.

Beech Grove within Greene County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

14 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Beech Grove between 1998 and 2004, burning about 465 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
27 September 1999Debris and open burning15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burning100 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionJERUSALEM COMPLEX
18 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 February 2004Debris and open burning15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 February 2004Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 February 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Beech Grove: 5 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them 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
Bradburn PropertyClayOccurrence
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Greene County

Storms near this place

7 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beech Grove in 7 storm reports between 2004 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
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.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindBeech Grove$25,000Several buildings were damaged. Many trees were knocked down.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindBeech Grove$5,000Straight-line winds knocked down numerous large branches and removed shingles from a house on CR 224.
March 2004HailBeech Grove$100no account filed
December 2016Flash FloodBeech Grove-Water covering the road on Highway 34 west.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindBeech Grove-Straight line winds knocked down a couple of power lines at the intersection of County Road 224 and Highway 141 in the town of Beech Grove.
June 2023HailBeech Grove-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greene 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
Black Jack4.4 miles14
Evening Star4.4 miles14
Commissary (historical)4.6 miles14
Camp Ground5.2 miles15
Crowley5.5 miles15
Hillside (historical)5.6 miles14
Stanford5.7 miles14
Gainesville5.8 miles14

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 Beech GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4879579The 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 76284. 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.