Earle, Arkansas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Tyronza Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72331. It stands on Gibson Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Earle quadrangle. 1,831 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 207 feet above sea level.
On record in Earle
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 3 records
Earle High School, Oldlisted 2003
Missouri Pacific Depotlisted 1986
George Berry Washington Memoriallisted 1994
Population over time
2 figuresEarle fell from 2,414 to 1,831 between 2010 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,414 | |
| 2020 | 1,831 | -583 (-24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1940 USGS Deckerville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Deckerville quadrangle1:62500
- 1974 USGS Earle quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Deckerville quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Memphis West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Earle between 2004 and 2007, burning about 24 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 February 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
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 Earle: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mauldin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Earle in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Earle | 1 hurt, $15,000 | Several trees and power poles were knocked down. One tree fell in the middle of a house injuring one person and trapping a second person in bed. |
| November 2002 | Tornado (F2) | Earle | $600,000 | The tornado moved into Crittenden county from Cross county and continued to move northeast. The tornado produced some damage near the town of Heafer. A mobile home and 2 farm shops were destroyed. A church and parsonage, three mobile homes and five houses were also damaged. The tornado then continued across the county and reached the town of Gilmore. Fourteen mobile homes were destroyed or suffered major damage. Nineteen houses and several cars were also damaged. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down across the county. The tornado eventually moved out of the county near Menesha and entered Mississippi county. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Earle | $25,000 | Several trees down on power lines. Shed blown over. Eighteen wheeler blown over on Highway 64 going into Earle. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Earle | $25,000 | A roof was blown off of a clinic. Several signs were knocked down. Several houses had trees on top of them with one house receiving major damage. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Earle | $10,000 | A mobile home was pushed off block piers due to straight-line winds. |
| March 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Earle | $5,000 | One building had minor damage. Several trees were blown down. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Earle | $4,000 | Straight line winds knocked two trees down on a power line in Earle. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Earle | $2,000 | A few trees and power lines were knocked down. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Earle | $1,000 | A bridge along Highway 118 just north of Earle was flooded. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Earle | $1,000 | One large tree was knocked down. |
| December 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Earle | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Earle | $750 | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Earle | $150 | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Earle | $100 | Straight line winds blew a passenger side window out of a car in the western side of Earle. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Earle | $100 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Earle | $10 | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Earle | - | Damaged occurred across Earle. The roof was partially torn off the high school. Trees were uprooted and snapped. Power lines were knocked down across town. A large tree fell on a trailer and car. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Earle | - | Quarter size hail fell between Earle and Parkin. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Earle | - | Quarter size hail near Highways 64 and 149 in Earle. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Earle | - | Quarter to Golfball size hail fell in Earle. |
| September 2011 | Hail | Earle | - | Quarter size hail fell at the high school in Earle. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Earle | - | Heavy rain produced flash flooding in Earle. Several roads were flooded. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norvell | 0.7 miles | 11 | |
| Shannonville | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Crittenden | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Cloar | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Grassy Lake Bottom | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Wildcat (historical) | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Three Forks | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Lansing | 4.6 miles | 11 |
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 Earle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79615 | 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 48738. 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.






