Greers Ferry, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Township 1. It lies in ZIP code area 72067. It lies near Poker Hill. The Survey maps it on the Greers Ferry quadrangle. 821 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 604 feet above sea level.
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Population over time
2 figuresGreers Ferry fell from 891 to 821 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 | 891 | |
| 2020 | 821 | -70 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1892 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Greers Ferry quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
68 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Greers Ferry between 1998 and 2020, burning about 919 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 28 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 | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2000 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Greers Ferry: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.
Storms near this place
26 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greers Ferry in 26 storm reports between 1994 and 2018: 14 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greers Ferry | $20,000 | Trees were down across Greers Ferry. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greers Ferry | $10,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| January 2007 | Flash Flood | Greers Ferry | $5,000 | High water covered several roads in the western part of the county. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greers Ferry | $1,000 | A tree was blown down, damaging a shed. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Greers Ferry | - | Hail the size of quarters was common across Greers Ferry. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greers Ferry | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 to 70 mph outside of Greers Ferry. |
| May 2008 | Flash Flood | Greers Ferry | - | Roads were washed out due to heavy rain. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greers Ferry | - | A tree was reported down on Arkansas Highway 16. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greers Ferry | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some large tree limbs, knocked down a portion of a fence and blew around some large propane bottles. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Greers Ferry | - | Thunderstorm winds blew camping trailers over and uprooted trees in the Heber Springs area. Some of the trees fell onto camping trailers. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Greers Ferry | - | Thunderstorm winds blew camping trailers over and uprooted trees in the Heber Springs area. Some of the trees fell onto camping trailers. |
| December 2012 | Hail | Greers Ferry | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Greers Ferry | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Greers Ferry | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Greers Ferry | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Greers Ferry | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Greers Ferry | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Greers Ferry | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Greers Ferry | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Greers Ferry | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greers Ferry | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greers Ferry | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greers Ferry | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Greers Ferry | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greers Ferry | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Greers Ferry | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Post Oak | 0.3 miles | 15 | |
| Higden | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Lone Pine | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Edgemont | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Whispering Springs | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Budd Creek | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Shiloh (historical) | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Sunny Slope | 4.1 miles | 16 |
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 Greers Ferry | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79355 | 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 49672. 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.








