Gravelly, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Gravelly Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72838. It stands on Jennings Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gravelly quadrangle. It stands 463 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1890 USGS Mount Ida quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1890 USGS Mt Ida quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gravelly quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lake Ouachita quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Gravelly quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
28 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Gravelly between 1996 and 2018, burning about 1,442 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 7 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | ABOUTT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
22 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gravelly in 22 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 11 flood, 5 heavy rain, 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Flood | Gravelly | $75,000 | Very heavy rainfall on the evening of the 30th into the morning hours of the 31st caused the Fourche LaFave River near Gravelly to rise rapidly above flood stage during the morning hours on the 31st, reaching a record level of 32.6 feet about midday. This river remained above flood stage into the early morning hours on June 1st. |
| November 2011 | Flood | Gravelly | $25,000 | Heavy rainfall caused the Fourche LaFave River near Gravelly to rise above flood stage during the early morning hours on the 22nd. This river reached over 29 feet before receding below flood stage during the evening hours on the same day. The crest of 29.38 feet reached during the afternoon of the 22nd was the 5th highest crest on record. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gravelly | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. |
| April 2025 | Flood | Gravelly | - | Minor river flooding was observed at Gravelly along the Fourche LaFave River. |
| January 2025 | Flood | Gravelly | - | The Fouche LaFave River at Gravelly entered minor flood stage in late January for a brief period of time before dropping below flood stage just before the end of the month. The river at this site would crest on 1/31/2025 at 0315 LST of 25.93 feet. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Gravelly | - | Large apple sized hail fell in the community of Gravelly. |
| February 2023 | Flood | Gravelly | - | Heavy rain brought flooding to the Fourche LaFave River at Gravelly in early February. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Gravelly | - | Heavy rain brought flooding to the Fourche LaFave River at Gravelly in early March. |
| November 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Gravelly | - | The tornado began along Little Texas Road south of Highway 28 in Yell County. Several pine and hardwood trees were either snapped or uprooted along Little Texas Road and Billingsley Lane. As the tornado moved northeast and crossed Highway 28 near Gafford Creek, a carport was destroyed but the home received no damage. Additional tree damage occurred as the tornado crossed Gafford Creek with the tornado dissipating shortly after near Bluff Road. |
| September 2020 | Flood | Gravelly | - | Heavy rain brought flooding to the Fourche LaFave River in Gravelly in early September. |
| September 2020 | Heavy Rain | Gravelly | - | The automated gauge at the Fourche Lafave River near Gravelly measured 4.30 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. |
| September 2020 | Heavy Rain | Gravelly | - | The COOP observer at Gravelly measured 4.15 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. |
| September 2020 | Heavy Rain | Gravelly | - | The COOP observer at Gravelly measured 4.15 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. |
| April 2016 | Flood | Gravelly | - | Heavy rain brought flooding to the Fourche LaFave River at the end of April. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Gravelly | - | Highway 28 near Little Texas Road were flooded. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Gravelly | - | The Fourche La Fave River at Gravelly rose above flood stage during the morning hours of the 11th, falling back below flood stage just after midnight on the 12th. |
| June 2013 | Flood | Gravelly | - | Very heavy rainfall in late May caused the Fourche LaFave River near Gravelly to rise rapidly above flood stage during the morning hours on May 31st, reaching a record level of 32.6 feet about midday. This river remained above flood stage into the early morning hours on June 1st before falling below flood stage before sunrise that same day. |
| November 2011 | Heavy Rain | Gravelly | - | Gravelly recorded the wettest November ever. Rainfall of 11.24 inches broke the record of 11.04 inches set in 1952. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Gravelly | - | Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms on the 20th caused the Fourche LaFave River at Gravelly to rise above flood stage during the afternoon of the 20th, before falling back below flood stage during the early morning hours of the 21st. |
| September 2009 | Heavy Rain | Gravelly | - | Gravelly broke the record for the greatest rainfall ever recorded in the month of September. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Gravelly | - | no account filed |
| October 2002 | Hail | Gravelly | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Gravelly | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Bluffton | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 7.9 miles | 16 | |
| Waltreak | 8.0 miles | 16 | |
| Fourche Valley | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| Chula | 9.1 miles | 16 | |
| Chalybeate Springs | 9.4 miles | 16 | |
| Briggsville | 10.8 miles | 13 |
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 Gravelly | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5597852 | 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 77059. 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.
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.








