Holly Grove, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Duncan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72069. The Survey maps it on the Holly Grove quadrangle. 460 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 179 feet above sea level.
On record in Holly Grove
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 5 records
Abramson Houselisted 1995
Holly Grove Historic Districtlisted 1979
Holly Grove Presbyterian Churchlisted 1991
Lair Houselisted 1998
James A. Walls Houselisted 1980
Population over time
3 figuresHolly Grove fell from 722 to 460 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 722 | |
| 2010 | 602 | -120 (-17%) |
| 2020 | 460 | -142 (-24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 14 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.
- 1940 USGS Holly Grove quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Holly Grove quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Holly Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1974 USGS Holly Grove quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Holly Grove between 1999 and 2019, burning about 826 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 173 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 155 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2007 | Smoking | 141 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | HOLLY GROVE |
| 6 October 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 October 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
21 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holly Grove in 21 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Holly Grove | $75,000 | Houses were flooded along Arkansas Highway 146 roughly 5 miles southeast of Holly Grove. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly Grove | $50,000 | Several trees were blown down onto houses. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly Grove | $40,000 | Trees, power lines, and power poles were blown down. Some of the trees fell on houses. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly Grove | $10,000 | Some trees were blown down. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly Grove | $10,000 | Large limbs were blown down, causing power outages. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly Grove | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew power lines down. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly Grove | - | Several trees were blown down in the community of Holly Grove, AR. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Holly Grove | - | Hail fell ranging in size from marbles to quarters. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly Grove | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly Grove | - | Trees were down on power lines and across roads in town. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Holly Grove | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Holly Grove | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Holly Grove | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Holly Grove | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Holly Grove | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly Grove | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Flash Flood | Holly Grove | - | no account filed |
| December 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly Grove | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly Grove | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Holly Grove | - | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Hail | Holly Grove | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Deep Elm | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Pine City | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Raymond (historical) | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lawrenceville | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Ragtown | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Park Grove | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Perman (historical) | 6.9 miles | 14 |
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 Holly Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79280 | 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 77202. 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.










