Leola, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Tennessee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72084. It stands on Guesses Creek. The Survey maps it on the Leola quadrangle. 460 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 269 feet above sea level.
On record in Leola
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 1 record
- Jenkins' Ferry Battlegroundlisted 1970
Population over time
2 figuresLeola fell from 501 to 460 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 | 501 | |
| 2020 | 460 | -41 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Leola quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
95 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Leola between 1997 and 2019, burning about 834 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 25 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | DAL22043159 |
| 5 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Leola: 4 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
29 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leola in 29 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 15 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 tornado, 3 heavy rain. 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 2008 | Tornado (EF2) | Leola | $3,500,000 | This tornado exited Dallas County, north-northeast of Carthage, and moved into Grant County, south-southeast of Leola. About 10 residences (houses and mobile homes) were destroyed, nine had major damage, and approximately 35 had minor damage. Several barns and outbuildings were destroyed. One church also suffered damage. The majority of the damage was in the area around the Crossroads community. There was extensive timber damage. One major power transmission line was knocked down, as were a number of other power lines and poles. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leola | $30,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Siding and awnings on buildings were torn off. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leola | $10,000 | Several trees were blown down along Arkansas 46 south. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leola | $3,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leola | $500 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Leola | - | Golf ball sized hail fell in Leola. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Leola | - | Highway 229 South was underwater along with other minor roadways. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leola | - | Trees and power lines were down on Sandy Springs Road in Leola. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leola | - | The public reported a 70 mph wind gust. |
| July 2009 | Heavy Rain | Leola | - | Leola broke the record for the greatest rainfall ever recorded in the month of July. |
| October 2009 | Heavy Rain | Leola | - | A measurement of 7.12 inches was taken for a 24 hour period. |
| October 2009 | Heavy Rain | Leola | - | In Leola, October was the wettest month ever recorded. In addition, October's rainfall caused Leola to break the record for the wettest year ever recorded in the town. Rainfall records began in 1948. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Leola | - | Street flooding was reported east of Arkansas Highway 9. |
| November 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Leola | - | A weak tornado tracked to the northeast for about 6 miles between Leola and Prattsville. The only damage observed along the path of the tornado was a number of downed trees and the tin roof blown off a metal barn. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leola | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Leola | - | The weak tornado moved from Hot Spring County into the southwest corner of Grant County about 5.3 miles southwest of Leola. Virtually all the damage was to trees that were either downed or twisted off. The tornado dissipated about 3 miles northwest of Leola. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leola | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down some large trees limbs around Leola. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Leola | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Leola | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Leola | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leola | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leola | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Leola | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leola | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leola | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leola | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leola | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leola | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Leola | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carver | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Brush Creek | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Lucian (historical) | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Thiel | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Dogwood | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Arthur (historical) | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Turin (historical) | 9.3 miles | 9 | |
| Lenham | 9.4 miles | 9 |
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 Leola | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1981616 | 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 58056. 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.





