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Mulberry, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in District 12. It lies in ZIP code area 72947. It stands on Miller Branch. The Survey maps it on the Mountainburg SE quadrangle. 1,543 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 404 feet above sea level.

Mulberry within Crawford County

On record in Mulberry

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 2 records

Population over time

14 figures

Mulberry grew from 321 to 1,543 between 1890 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
1890321
1900361+40 (+12%)
1910722+361 (+100%)
19201,095+373 (+52%)
1930895-200 (-18%)
1940973+78 (+9%)
1950952-21 (-2%)
1960934-18 (-2%)
19701,340+406 (+43%)
19801,444+104 (+8%)
19901,448+4 (+0%)
20001,627+179 (+12%)
20101,655+28 (+2%)
20201,543-112 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

67 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Mulberry between 1997 and 2018, burning about 794 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 14 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 burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2001Smoking75 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use22 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2004Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2000Smoking30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2006Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford 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 Mulberry: 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 Crawford County

Storms near this place

58 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mulberry in 58 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 26 hail, 26 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 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
April 2023HailMulberry$100,000Tennis ball size hail damaged homes, businesses, and vehicles.
April 2011HailMulberry$75,000no account filed
April 2008Thunderstorm WindMulberry$30,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour destroyed a few barns.
April 2011HailMulberry$25,000no account filed
March 2008HailMulberry$25,000no account filed
May 2019Tornado (EF1)Mulberry$20,000This tornado developed on the west side of Mulberry, where trees were uprooted and homes were damaged. The tornado moved east across town, uprooting more trees and snapping large tree limbs before dissipating east of town just south of Highway 64. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 85 to 95 mph.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindMulberry$20,000A tree was blown down onto a mobile home.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindMulberry$15,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees and power lines. Some homes were damaged.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindMulberry$10,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a large tree down onto a roof of a home. The winds also blew down power lines.
December 1999Thunderstorm WindMulberry$10,000Thunderstorms winds blew several trees down, 9 power poles down, and the roof off a barn near Mulberry.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindMulberry$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew many shingles off of a home, tore the storm door off a house, and blew down small trees.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindMulberry$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs and power lines.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindMulberry$5,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a tree down onto a house.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindMulberry$5,000Several trees were knocked down.
March 2007HailMulberry$5,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindMulberry$3,000Power lines, a few trees, and numerous 3-4" diameter tree limbs were blown down in Mulberry.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMulberry$1,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs and power lines.
January 2000Thunderstorm WindMulberry$500Thunderstorm winds blew down a power pole.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindMulberry$500Several trees and numerous branches blown down
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMulberry$100Several 6-8" diameter tree limbs blown down in town
September 2025Thunderstorm WindMulberry-Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted a tree.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMulberry-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto Highway 215.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindMulberry-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
April 2015Flash FloodMulberry-Locally heavy rainfall resulted in flooding north of Mulberry.
May 2015Flash FloodMulberry-Portions of Highway 64 near Mulberry were closed due to high water.
May 2015Flash FloodMulberry-The Mulberry River was out of its banks near Silver Bridge.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMulberry-A storm spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 mph.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindMulberry-Emergency management personnel estimated 70 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindMulberry-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindMulberry-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few large trees.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMulberry-A 60 mile an hour wind gust from a thunderstorm was reported by an emergency manager.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMulberry-A 60 mile an hour wind gust from a thunderstorm was reported by a trained spotter.
April 2008Flash FloodMulberry-Heavy rain caused several secondary roads to be flooded.
July 2007Flash FloodMulberry-Heavy rain caused secondary roads around Mulberry to be flooded.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindMulberry-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees.
June 1997HailMulberry-Severe thunderstorms moved across northwest Arkansas during the early morning of June 12th. Strong thunderstorm winds downed power lines in Prairie Grove, and numerous large tree limbs were blown down in Winslow, 4 miles northeast of Lee Creek, and at Devils Den State Park 6 miles northeast of Lee Creek. Dime size hail fell at Mulberry.
April 2023HailMulberry-no account filed
October 2014HailMulberry-no account filed
December 2012HailMulberry-no account filed
April 2011HailMulberry-no account filed
March 2008HailMulberry-no account filed
April 2008HailMulberry-no account filed
April 2008HailMulberry-no account filed
March 2006HailMulberry-no account filed
August 2006HailMulberry-no account filed
April 2001HailMulberry-no account filed
October 2000Thunderstorm WindMulberry-no account filed
October 2000HailMulberry-no account filed
March 1999HailMulberry-no account filed
March 1999HailMulberry-no account filed
April 1998HailMulberry-no account filed
March 1997HailMulberry-no account filed
April 1996HailMulberry-no account filed
January 1995HailMulberry-no account filed
January 1995HailMulberry-no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindMulberry-no account filed
July 1994HailMulberry-no account filed
October 1993HailMulberry-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Crawford 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
Pleasant Hill1.5 miles16
Dyer4.6 miles22
Graphic7.0 miles17
Belmont (historical)7.9 miles17
Dean Springs8.0 miles17
Yoestown8.3 miles22
Alma9.2 miles22
Deans Market9.2 miles17

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 MulberryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q80179The 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 77778. 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.