Grannis, Arkansas
15 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 71944. The Survey maps it on the Gillham quadrangle. 496 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 935 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGrannis fell from 554 to 496 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 | 554 | |
| 2020 | 496 | -58 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1913 USGS De Queen quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Gillham quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS De Queen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
92 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Grannis between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,072 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 49 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/incendiarism | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 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 Grannis: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Missouri | Silica | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grannis in 22 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grannis | $5,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grannis | - | A chicken house near Grannis sustained significant wind damage. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grannis | - | Chicken coops were damaged due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| February 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grannis | - | Trees were blown down in the town of Grannis. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grannis | - | Several trees were down along Highway 71. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Grannis | - | Information was relayed by Polk County EM. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grannis | - | Tree was blown down on US Highway 71 north of Grannis. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grannis | - | Trees downed. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grannis | - | Trees down. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grannis | - | Thunderstorm winds blew a small out-building into an automobile. |
| January 2010 | Hail | Grannis | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Grannis | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Grannis | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Grannis | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grannis | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grannis | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Tornado (F2) | Grannis | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grannis | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Grannis | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grannis | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Grannis | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Grannis | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Grove | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Wickes | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Bog Springs | 7.9 miles | 16 | |
| Hatton | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| Roff (historical) | 9.0 miles | 16 | |
| Vandervoort | 9.9 miles | 16 | |
| Bethel Chapel | 10.5 miles | 16 | |
| Hartley | 12.4 miles | 17 |
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 Grannis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79596 | 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 77054. 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.







