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Glen Rose, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Saline Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72104. The Survey maps it on the Traskwood quadrangle.

Glen Rose within Hot Spring County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

361 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 361 fires within 5 miles of Glen Rose between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,946 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 119 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/incendiarism119
Debris and open burning117
Missing data/not specified/undetermined82
Equipment and vehicle use17
Natural8
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionHOT22180822
6 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2014Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionHOT21970873
4 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hot Spring County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Glen Rose: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, 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, ConstructionUnknown
Baroid Sales Div.Barium-BaritePast Producer
Lucinda Creek SynclineBarium-BaritePast Producer
National Lead Co. MineBarium-BariteProducer
Otts LeaseBarium-BariteProducer
RayburnBarium-BariteProducer
Stone Quarry Creek SynclineBarium-BaritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Hot Spring County

Storms near this place

26 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glen Rose in 26 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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
June 2014Thunderstorm WindGlen Rose$50,000Trees were blown down. A couple of trees landed on houses.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindGlen Rose$50,000Several houses and barns were damaged.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindGlen Rose$40,000One house was damaged by a falling tree. Two more houses had roof damage.
September 2008Tornado (EF1)Glen Rose$30,000This tornado was spawned by Tropical Storm Ike. Many trees were blown down, as was a power line. The tornado exited Hot Spring County, east-northeast of Glen Rose, and moved into Saline County, northwest of Traskwood.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindGlen Rose$25,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down around Glen Rose.
June 2008LightningGlen Rose$25,000Lightning is believed to have set fire to a mobile home on Eiler Loop. A 48 year-old man in the home died in the fire. Just a few weeks previously, lightning had struck and burned out the water well on the same property, which is located on top of a hill.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindGlen Rose$10,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindGlen Rose$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew trees down.
May 2009Flash FloodGlen Rose$5,000Stringtown Road was under water.
May 2009Flash FloodGlen Rose$5,000Two families had to be evacuated due to high water in the Glen Rose area. U.S. Highway 270 was blocked because of water over the road near Magnet Cove.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindGlen Rose$5,000Some trees were blown down.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindGlen Rose-A couple of very large trees fell on homes just across the Saline county line into Hot Spring County. Trees fell on homes in the Traskwood area, leading to at least one entrapment.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindGlen Rose-Trees were blown down across the road in the Glen Rose area north of Malvern.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindGlen Rose-A few trees were blown down in the community of Glen Rose.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindGlen Rose-A tree was blown down on U.S. Hwy 67.
March 2017Tornado (EF0)Glen Rose-The tornado started in Hot Spring County near the Saline county line. At the time it was in Hot Spring county, it was rated as a EF0 with just a few trees down.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindGlen Rose-Power lines were down around Glen Rose.
June 2014HailGlen Rose-no account filed
October 2012HailGlen Rose-no account filed
May 2012HailGlen Rose-no account filed
April 2011Funnel CloudGlen Rose-no account filed
April 2011HailGlen Rose-no account filed
April 2011HailGlen Rose-no account filed
April 2009HailGlen Rose-no account filed
April 2009HailGlen Rose-no account filed
March 1993HailGlen Rose-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hot Spring 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
Wyandotte (historical)4.6 miles10
Butterfield4.9 miles13
Gifford5.6 miles10
Magnet Cove6.1 miles13
Perla6.7 miles12
Rockport6.9 miles13
Malvern7.8 miles12
Jones Mills8.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 49440. 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.