Garland, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Red River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71839. The Survey maps it on the Garland quadrangle. 195 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 226 feet above sea level.
On record in Garland
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 2 records
Wynn-Price Houselisted 1992- Old Arkansas 2-Mayton Segmentlisted 2008
Population over time
2 figuresGarland fell from 242 to 195 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 | 242 | |
| 2020 | 195 | -47 (-19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1952 USGS Garland quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Magnolia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
22 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Garland between 1999 and 2019, burning about 237 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 148 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | MIL14964061 |
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 Garland: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garland in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2016: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 tornado, 2 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Lightning | Garland | $100,000 | A lightning strike hit a home in Garland city burning the home to the ground. There were no residents home at the time. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garland | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds resulted in reports of damage to an airplane hanger and roof damage to a few homes in the Garland community. A few trees were also downed and the top of a grain silo was blown down. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garland | $50,000 | Numerous trees were blown down and several roofs were damaged. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garland | $10,000 | Damage to 25 homes varying from roof to carport damage. Numerous powerlines toppled. Ten county roads blocked by toppled trees. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garland | - | Several trees and power lines were blown down across the eastern portions of Miller County, including in the Garland community. |
| February 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Garland | - | The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey and concluded that a brief EF0 tornado touched down 4 miles southwest of Garland, Arkansas. Storm damage consisted of several snapped hard wood branches with one small hard wood tree snapped along HWY 134. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Garland | - | Hail fell in the Garland City community. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garland | - | Trees were downed in Garland, Arkansas. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garland | - | Trees and powerlines were downed along Hwy. 196 and Hwy. 134. |
| August 2005 | Lightning | Garland | - | Lightning started a woods fire in Genoa. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garland | - | Several trees downed in town and in Genoa. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garland | - | Numerous trees down. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garland | - | Numerous trees and powerlines were toppled resulting in local power outages. |
| November 2005 | Hail | Garland | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Garland | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Garland | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garland | - | no account filed |
| January 1994 | Hail | Garland | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Garland | - | no account filed |
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 Garland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2660335 | 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 76999. 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.






