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Glenwood, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Clark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71943. It stands on Sweetwater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Glenwood quadrangle. 2,068 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 561 feet above sea level.

Glenwood within Pike County

On record in Glenwood

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 1 record

Population over time

3 figures

Glenwood grew from 1,751 to 2,068 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
20001,751
20102,228+477 (+27%)
20202,068-160 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

86 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Glenwood between 1999 and 2019, burning about 358 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 12 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 burning24
Railroad operations and maintenance22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Glenwood: 5 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite. 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
Mill Creek ProspectBarium-BariteUnknown
Bird & Son, Inc #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Glenwood Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Shields Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Featherstone PropertyManganeseUnknown
Kettelberger PropertyManganeseUnknown
Nelson MineManganesePast Producer1915

Every working recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

34 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glenwood in 34 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 13 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 4 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
May 2020Flash FloodGlenwood$200,000The Pike County Sheriff Office reported multiple vehicles near the Caddo River were washed away due to flash flooding. There were also flooded roads in and near Glenwood.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindGlenwood$25,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
October 2011LightningGlenwood$25,000Lightning stuck a natural gas metering station, causing the natural gas to catch fire.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindGlenwood$10,000Trees were blown down and some were on houses.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindGlenwood$5,000Several trees were blown down.
April 2026HailGlenwood-Quarter-sized hail fell in the town of Glenwood.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindGlenwood-Numerous trees were uprooted in the town of Glenwood.
April 2026HailGlenwood-Golf ball to baseball sized hail fell in Glenwood.
April 2025Flash FloodGlenwood-Lucky's Caddo River Canoe and Campground was completely flooded by high water.
February 2018FloodGlenwood-Water was over the road near Glenwood, over a low water crossing bridge.
May 2015Flash FloodGlenwood-A few streets in Glenwood were under water.
July 2012HailGlenwood-Hail fell on the northwest side of Glenwood.
July 2009Heavy RainGlenwood-Glenwood broke the record for the greatest rainfall ever recorded in the month of July.
April 2004Tornado (F1)Glenwood-A weak tornado was spawned in northeast Pike County about 5 miles south-southeast of Glenwood. The tornado initially was very weak, with tree limbs downed and tree tops removed. The tornado strengthened as it headed into western Clark County.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindGlenwood-Several large tree limbs were blown down.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindGlenwood-Thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree onto Highway 70 near Glenwood.
November 2001Thunderstorm WindGlenwood-Several trees were knocked down.
May 2013HailGlenwood-no account filed
February 2012HailGlenwood-no account filed
April 2011Funnel CloudGlenwood-no account filed
May 2010HailGlenwood-no account filed
March 2010HailGlenwood-no account filed
April 2008HailGlenwood-no account filed
May 2003HailGlenwood-no account filed
May 2001HailGlenwood-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindGlenwood-no account filed
January 1999Thunderstorm WindGlenwood-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindGlenwood-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindGlenwood-no account filed
May 1997HailGlenwood-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindGlenwood-no account filed
November 1996Flash FloodGlenwood-no account filed
November 1996Thunderstorm WindGlenwood-no account filed
April 1994HailGlenwood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pike 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
Rock Creek (historical)1.5 miles16
Rosboro3.5 miles16
Salem3.7 miles16
Zebulon (historical)4.4 miles17
Caney Valley4.5 miles16
Dunlap (historical)4.7 miles17
Kirby7.1 miles17
Lodi8.4 miles17

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 GlenwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79660The 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 77028. 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.