Oak Grove, Arkansas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lone Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72104. It stands on North Fork Blakely Creek. The Survey maps it on the Social Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1948 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Social Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
151 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove between 1997 and 2020, burning about 871 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 21 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 | 55 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Smoking | 3.0 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 Oak Grove: 3 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cove Creek | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Malvern Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Ouachita Gravel Washer | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Acme Brick Co. | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Clay | Unknown |
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Grove in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Oak Grove | $1,000 | Water covered Grigsby Ford Rd. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Grove | $1,000 | A tree was blown down. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Grove | - | Trees and powerlines were blown down in the community of Social Hill. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Grove | - | Trees were blown down across portions of Hot Spring County west of Malvern. |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Grove | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Hill | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Saginaw | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Abco | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Etta (historical) | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Central | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Walco (historical) | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Malvern | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Rockport | 5.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58288. 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.







