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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.

Leola within Grant County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Leola 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.

YearPeople Change
2010501
2020460-41 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

95 since 1997

Regional 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/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Debris and open burning22
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2006Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2014Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionDAL22043159
5 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkClayPast Producer
Dw PhillipSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Grant County

Storms near this place

29 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2008Tornado (EF2)Leola$3,500,000This 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 2011Thunderstorm WindLeola$30,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Siding and awnings on buildings were torn off.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindLeola$10,000Several trees were blown down along Arkansas 46 south.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindLeola$3,000Trees were blown down.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindLeola$500Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
June 2023HailLeola-Golf ball sized hail fell in Leola.
May 2021Flash FloodLeola-Highway 229 South was underwater along with other minor roadways.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindLeola-Trees and power lines were down on Sandy Springs Road in Leola.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindLeola-The public reported a 70 mph wind gust.
July 2009Heavy RainLeola-Leola broke the record for the greatest rainfall ever recorded in the month of July.
October 2009Heavy RainLeola-A measurement of 7.12 inches was taken for a 24 hour period.
October 2009Heavy RainLeola-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 2007Flash FloodLeola-Street flooding was reported east of Arkansas Highway 9.
November 2004Tornado (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 2003Thunderstorm WindLeola-Several trees were blown down.
May 2003Tornado (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 2001Thunderstorm WindLeola-Thunderstorm winds blew down some large trees limbs around Leola.
April 2014HailLeola-no account filed
June 2012HailLeola-no account filed
April 2011HailLeola-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindLeola-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindLeola-no account filed
August 2001HailLeola-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindLeola-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindLeola-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindLeola-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindLeola-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindLeola-no account filed
May 1998HailLeola-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grant 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
Carver3.6 miles9
Brush Creek4.7 miles9
Lucian (historical)5.2 miles9
Thiel5.4 miles9
Dogwood5.8 miles9
Arthur (historical)6.1 miles8
Turin (historical)9.3 miles9
Lenham9.4 miles9

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 LeolaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1981616The 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.