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Grape, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Kentucky Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72019. It stands on Haw Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Norrell quadrangle.

Grape within Saline County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

129 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Grape between 1997 and 2020, burning about 672 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 35 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 burning42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Arson/incendiarism35
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2

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
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined33 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saline County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Grape: 3 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Nickel, Cobalt. 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
Ben J.FieldQuartzUnknown
C.E. Lowry, Trustee, PropertiesNickel, CobaltProspectUnderground
Henderson and Davis Clay BanksClayUnknown
Hill Sand and Gravel, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Saline County

Storms near this place

12 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grape in 12 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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
March 2010Tornado (EF1)Grape$875,000Emergency management reports indicated two homes were destroyed, two homes suffered major damage, and 18 homes had minor damage. A fire station was damaged, and numerous barns and outbuildings were destroyed. Trees and power lines were blown down.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindGrape$5,000Several trees were blown down along Arkansas Highways 5 and 298.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindGrape$1,000A tree was blown down.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindGrape-A NWS Survey team observed damage consistent with a microburst as over 150 hardwood and softwood trees were knocked down, snapped, or uprooted in a rural area west of Benton.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindGrape-Multiple trees were damaged and destroyed near the community of Grape.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindGrape-A few trees were blown down near the town of Haskell.
March 2023FloodGrape-Heavy rain brought flooding to the Saline River at Benton in early March.
June 2023HailGrape-Half-dollar sized hail fell near Grape via mPING.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindGrape-Numerous trees blown down near the community of Grape.
June 2023HailGrape-Quarter sized hail fell near Grape via mPING.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindGrape-Garage shop was moved off its foundation and damaged. Several trees were downed.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindGrape-Trees and power lines were down.

Every storm recorded in Saline 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
Kentucky1.7 miles19
Congo3.9 miles20
Bland4.3 miles19
Alum (historical)4.8 miles19
Salem5.0 miles20
Avilla5.0 miles20
Benton5.8 miles23
Rubicon6.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65991. 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.