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Cove, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in White Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71937. The Survey maps it on the Cove quadrangle. 319 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,047 feet above sea level.

Cove within Polk County

Population over time

3 figures

Cove fell from 383 to 319 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2000383
2010382-1 (-0%)
2020319-63 (-16%)

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

128 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Cove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,215 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 66 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/incendiarism66
Debris and open burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry10457
30 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance7.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
2 September 2002Debris and open burning14 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2002Debris and open burning17 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined180 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk 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 Cove: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dickey Clay Mfg. Co. DepositStonePast Producer
Rogers PitStonePast ProducerSurface
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

31 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cove in 31 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 13 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 3 tornado, 3 flash flood. The reports record 5 injuries. 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
May 2013Tornado (EF2)Cove5 hurt, $285,000This tornado exited McCurtain County, Oklahoma, 1.4 miles southeast of Plunkettville and entered Polk County, Arkansas, 3 miles southwest of Cove. In Arkansas, several mobile homes were damaged, including one that was crushed by a large tree and another that rolled over onto two vehicles. Trees were blown down onto a house, and a barn was destroyed. Several houses suffered roof damage. Numerous large trees, power lines, and power poles were blown down. Two cars were crushed by falling trees. Five people were injured.
November 2011Flash FloodCove$300,000Evacuations of some residences were necessary in Acorn. Water entered some businesses in Mena. Numerous county roads were flooded.
June 1998Tornado (F1)Cove$100,000no account filed
April 1993Thunderstorm WindCove$50,000Thunderstorm winds blew down a number of trees.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindCove$25,000Multiple trees were blown down, blocking roads in the Cove area.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindCove$10,000Several trees were blown down on U.S. 71.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCove$5,000A few trees were blown down, one of which fell on U.S. 71.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindCove$5,000Trees were blown down.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindCove-Trees were blown down at Cove on several county roads and on U.S. Highway 71 south.
December 2015Flash FloodCove-Numerous roads and driveways were flooded.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindCove-Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines around Cove.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindCove-Some trees were knocked down and a few outbuildings were also damaged.
August 2012HailCove-no account filed
October 2009HailCove-no account filed
May 2009HailCove-no account filed
March 2008HailCove-no account filed
April 2007HailCove-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindCove-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindCove-no account filed
August 2006HailCove-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindCove-no account filed
August 2006HailCove-no account filed
April 2005HailCove-no account filed
April 2001HailCove-no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindCove-no account filed
June 1999Flash FloodCove-no account filed
September 1998Tornado (F1)Cove-no account filed
March 1998HailCove-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCove-no account filed
April 1996HailCove-no account filed
April 1993HailCove-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
Buffalo (historical)2.0 miles16
Old Cove2.1 miles16
Clayton Spur (historical)3.2 miles16
Pleasant Hill3.2 miles16
Hatfield3.9 miles16
Vandervoort4.4 miles16
Lone Valley5.1 miles16
Bethel Chapel5.2 miles16

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 CoveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3317114The 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 57591. 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.