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Gravette, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Township 4. It lies in ZIP code area 72736. The Survey maps it on the Gravette quadrangle. 3,547 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,217 feet above sea level.

Gravette within Benton County

On record in Gravette

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Gravette grew from 2,325 to 3,547 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,325
20203,547+1,222 (+53%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

31 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Gravette between 1997 and 2020, burning about 580 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 August 2012Natural22 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined36 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2012Natural44 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gravette: 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Independent Gravel CoStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Benton County

Storms near this place

46 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gravette in 46 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 21 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 8 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
October 2014LightningGravette1 hurtLightning struck and injured a 43 year old man, who was taken to the hospital due to his injuries.
March 1998Tornado (F1)Gravette$100,000Considerable damage was reported with an F1 tornado and thunderstorm winds that blew through Gravette. Three homes in the area were damaged when large trees blew over. One of the houses' occupants described the storm as sounding like a freight train. Other homes had minor roof damage. High winds downed a power line, which left the east side of the city without power for about 35 to 40 minutes. Doors were blown out of the Hendren Plastics plant on Hwy. 72 in eastern Gravette. A tree was blown onto Hwy. 72 near Gravette, making travel impossible until it was removed around 10 pm. Another tree was blown across Ridge Road.
March 2024HailGravette$50,000Baseball size hail damaged vehicles, homes, and businesses.
October 2019Flash FloodGravette$50,000Portions of Bethel Road were washed out west of Stage Coach Road.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindGravette$50,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew trees onto a carport, damaging two vehicles, and blew down a tree onto a storage shed, destroying it.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindGravette$50,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged several poultry houses and snapped trees near town.
March 2024HailGravette$40,000Tennis ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindGravette$25,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several cinder block walls at the new high school, which was under construction.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindGravette$20,000A tree was blown down onto a house by strong thunderstorm wind near Beaty and Leonard Ranch roads.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindGravette$15,000A large oak tree was blown into the front of a residence on Third Avenue SW in Gravette. Luckily, the family residing in the house was out of town, and there were no injuries. In Gravette, several trees and limbs were blown down, blocking traffic on several streets. TV antennae were also blown down by the strong thunderstorm winds, and electrical service was disrupted for about two hours.
January 2008Flash FloodGravette$10,000Heavy rains caused rising water which carried a mobile home 50 feet.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindGravette$6,000A U-Haul trailer was blown over, and power lines were blown down in Gravette.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindGravette$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines and damaged a few trees.
July 2018HailGravette$5,000no account filed
March 2017Thunderstorm WindGravette$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines on Highway 72, uprooted a couple trees, and snapped large tree limbs.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindGravette$2,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour damaged a roof and blew down several large trees.
January 1996Thunderstorm WindGravette$1,500no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindGravette$1,000Numerous trees were blown down.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindGravette$100Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees.
May 2022FloodGravette-Portions of Highway 59 between Gravette and Sulphur Springs were flooded and closed.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindGravette-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
June 2019Flash FloodGravette-Portions of Highway 72 were flooded and closed.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindGravette-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees onto roads in Gravette.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindGravette-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindGravette-Strong thunderstorm wind gusts snapped large tree limbs.
December 2015Flash FloodGravette-Heavy rainfall flooded Leonard Ranch Road. A swift water rescue was conducted after a vehicle was driven into the flood water.
December 2015Flash FloodGravette-Rocky Dale Hollow, Falling Springs, Prichard and Big Springs Roads were closed due to flooding.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindGravette-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees.
October 2014Flash FloodGravette-Flooding was reported south of Highway 72 near Stagecoach Road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindGravette-Several trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindGravette-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. Some of the tree limbs fell on roads.
April 2008Flash FloodGravette-Heavy rain caused 32 roads to be closed across Benton County. Five bridges were under water.
June 2005Flash FloodGravette-Heavy rains caused severe street flooding in the city of Gravette.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindGravette-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a tree down onto a road.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindGravette-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down some trees.
April 1994HailGravette-Thunderstorm winds knocked down a few tree limbs.
February 2023HailGravette-no account filed
July 2018HailGravette-no account filed
March 2017HailGravette-no account filed
May 2008HailGravette-no account filed
May 2008HailGravette-no account filed
June 2005HailGravette-no account filed
February 2001HailGravette-no account filed
June 1996HailGravette-no account filed
April 1994HailGravette-no account filed
April 1994HailGravette-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Benton 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
Nebo0.8 miles16
Dorsey (historical)3.0 miles16
Gallatin (historical)3.3 miles16
Clementine (historical)3.4 miles16
Sulphur Springs4.2 miles16
Beaty4.3 miles18
Pond (historical)4.5 miles16
Round Top (historical)4.6 miles16

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 GravetteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79524The 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 77061. 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.