Greenland, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Greenland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72701. It stands on Ward Slough. The Survey maps it on the West Fork quadrangle. 1,213 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,250 feet above sea level.
On record in Greenland
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 2 records
Black Oak Cemeterylisted 1998
US 71, Greenland Segment, Oldlisted 2004
Population over time
2 figuresGreenland fell from 1,259 to 1,213 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 | 1,259 | |
| 2020 | 1,213 | -46 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1898 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS West Fork quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Stilwell quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS West Fork quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Greenland between 1998 and 2020, burning about 136 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2006 | Smoking | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2010 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Greenland: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr.Ray Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| West Fork Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenland in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2008: 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenland | $100 | Thunderstorm winds blew a few large trees down. |
| February 2008 | Hail | Greenland | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Greenland | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Greenland | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Greenland | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Greenland | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Greenland | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Greenland | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Greenland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fayette Junction | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| McNair | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Appleby | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Fayetteville | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| West Fork | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Walnut Grove | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Farmington | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Black Oak | 5.1 miles | 15 |
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 Greenland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79241 | 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 77072. 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.








