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Mountain Pine, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Hale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71956. It lies near Blakely Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Mountain Pine quadrangle. 585 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 472 feet above sea level.

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Mountain Pine within Garland County

Population over time

3 figures

Mountain Pine fell from 772 to 585 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.

YearPeople Change
2000772
2010770-2 (-0%)
2020585-185 (-24%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

139 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Pine between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,850 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 36 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/incendiarism36
Debris and open burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1993Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresOuachita National Forestnot named
5 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOuachita National ForestYORKTOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Mountain Pine: 9 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Slate, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Caldwell QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
No NameClayPast Producer
No NameFlagstonePast Producer
Job No Joo-235Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mountain Pine PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
No NameSlate, DimensionPast Producer
No NameSlate, DimensionPast Producer
UnkSlate, DimensionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Garland County

Storms near this place

36 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mountain Pine in 36 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 15 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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 2010Thunderstorm WindMountain Pine$125,000A downburst from a severe thunderstorms blew down numerous trees and large limbs in Mountain Pine. One tree fell on a mobile home, one fell on the roof of a house, another knocked the front porch off a house, and yet another tree fell on a car. Several other homes and outbuildings were damaged by falling trees. Power lines were blown down as well.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindMountain Pine$100,000Thunderstorm winds caused significant damage to parts of a marina at the Brady Mountain Resort area on Lake Ouachita. A new section of the marina was destroyed, and an older section sustained minor damage. Some trees were also blown down.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMountain Pine$50,000Numerous trees were blown down, taking down power lines, around Mountain Pine and elsewhere in Garland County.
September 2008Flash FloodMountain Pine$50,000Water was over the roads.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindMountain Pine$50,000Thunderstorm winds damaged a lumber mill.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindMountain Pine$5,000Trees were blown down on Arkansas 227 near Lake Ouachita State Park.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMountain Pine$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
April 2023Heavy RainMountain Pine-Blakely Mountain Dam received 3.20 inches of rain in a 24 hour period ending at 600 am CST.
June 2023HailMountain Pine-Penny sized hail fell in Mountain Pine via mPING.
December 2023HailMountain Pine-Delayed Report. Ping pong ball sized hail was reported near Mountain Pine and relayed via social media. Time and location were estimated via radar data.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMountain Pine-A tree was blown down on the east shore of Lake Ouachita near the entrance to Lake Ouachita State Park.
March 2016HailMountain Pine-Emergency management reported copious amounts of penny sized or smaller hail falling at Mountain Pine.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMountain Pine-High winds blew down a few trees in Mountain Pine.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindMountain Pine-A tree was blown down in the 1500 block of Mountain Pine.
November 2011Heavy RainMountain Pine-Blakely Mountain Dam recorded the wettest November ever. Rainfall of 17.35 inches broke the record of 12.12 inches set in 2000.
September 2009Heavy RainMountain Pine-Blakely Mountain Dam broke the record for the greatest rainfall ever recorded in the month of September.
September 2006LightningMountain Pine-Lightning struck a tree which then fell on a power line. A small fire was triggered in a nearby wooded area.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindMountain Pine-Numerous trees were knocked down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindMountain Pine-Thunderstorm winds blew down a billboard.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindMountain Pine-Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees. A camping trailer was damaged when one of the trees fell on it.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Mountain Pine-A weak tornado touched down briefly over northern Garland County. Some large trees were blown down along the damage path.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindMountain Pine-Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree onto a house. Several other trees and power lines were blown down.
April 2023HailMountain Pine-no account filed
April 2022Funnel CloudMountain Pine-no account filed
December 2021HailMountain Pine-no account filed
June 2011HailMountain Pine-no account filed
April 2007HailMountain Pine-no account filed
June 2007HailMountain Pine-no account filed
March 2004HailMountain Pine-no account filed
March 2004HailMountain Pine-no account filed
July 2004HailMountain Pine-no account filed
July 2003HailMountain Pine-no account filed
March 2000HailMountain Pine-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindMountain Pine-no account filed
December 1999HailMountain Pine-no account filed
December 1999HailMountain Pine-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Garland 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
Hawes1.8 miles13
Bonanza Springs (historical)4.8 miles15
Piney5.4 miles13
Royal5.5 miles13
Bear5.9 miles15
Cedar Glades (historical)7.2 miles15
Mountain Valley7.3 miles13
Sunshine7.5 miles8

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 Mountain PineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79504The 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 72790. 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.