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Gregory, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cotton Plant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72059. The Survey maps it on the Gregory quadrangle. 43 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 200 feet above sea level.

Gregory within Woodruff County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Gregory between 1992 and 2020, burning about 280 acres in total. 1 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/incendiarism7
Debris and open burning5
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1

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
28 June 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 May 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral Arkansas Refuges ComplexDEAD SNAG
5 April 1993Arson/incendiarism36 acresCentral Arkansas Refuges ComplexELDRIDGE
5 April 1993Arson/incendiarism7.7 acresCentral Arkansas Refuges ComplexBLEIDT
4 April 2001Naturalunder an acreCentral Arkansas Refuges ComplexTRACT 224
22 April 1996Debris and open burning2.8 acresCentral Arkansas Refuges ComplexDIXIE
8 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 March 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Woodruff County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gregory: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Woodruff County

Storms near this place

9 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gregory in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2009: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. 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
June 2009Thunderstorm WindGregory$5,000Trees were blown down.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindGregory$5,000Trees were blown down.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindGregory-Power lines were reported down on Arkansas Highway 33.
May 2003Tornado (F3)Gregory-A strong tornado moved out of White County and into Woodruff County about 4.8 miles west-southwest of Gregory. The tornado continued to strengthen as it moved northeastward before reaching Patterson and McCrory. Widespread trees and power poles were knocked down along the tornado path. Numerous homes and buildings sustained major structural damage. The tornado then turned more to the east and moved through Pumpkin Bend where several homes and other outbuildings were either damaged or destroyed. A number of trees and power lines were also downed. The tornado continued to track eastward out of Woodruff County, about 3.5 miles east of Pumpkin Bend, and moved into Cross County (Memphis County Warning Area).
May 2001HailGregory-Hail up to one inch in diameter damaged some crops in the Gregory area.
May 2000Tornado (F1)Gregory-A weak tornado affected parts of western Woodruff County. The tornado tracked from 3 miles northwest of Gregory to about 2 miles northwest of Wiville. The tornado mainly caused tree damage, with trees either broken off or uprooted. There was some minor structural damage, with minor roof damage at a house and some tin removed from a barn.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindGregory-no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindGregory-no account filed
March 1996Thunderstorm WindGregory-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Woodruff 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
Flynn (historical)2.0 miles13
Beard (historical)3.3 miles13
McClelland4.9 miles13
Kramer (historical)5.0 miles13
Wiville5.4 miles12
Dixie5.5 miles13
Howell5.9 miles13
Revel6.1 miles13

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 GregoryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5606772The 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 77076. 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.