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Pine Grove, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Owen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71763. The Survey maps it on the Sparkman quadrangle.

Pine Grove within Dallas County

On record in Pine Grove

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

65 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Pine Grove between 1997 and 2019, burning about 566 acres in total. 8 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 burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism14
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use5

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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1997Arson/incendiarism90 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1999Natural15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Natural10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Pine Grove: 6 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
UnkSilicaPast Producer
St. Francis Material Co., Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

7 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Grove in 7 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 3 tornado, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2024Tornado (EF1)Pine Grove-The Pine Grove Tornado occurred in tandem with the Sparkman-New Hope Tornado, within the same parent supercell, and formed near Dallas County Road 27 and AR Highway 128, just south of Pine Grove. The tornado severely damaged the awning of a carport that was attached to a manufactured home near its starting point, and caused primarily tree damage in the immediate vicinity. The tornado kept moving northwestward, parallel to to AR Highway 128, and crossed Dallas County Road 254, then AR Highway 128, and continued to parallel the AR Highway 128, causing mainly tree damage in its path. The tornado then dissipated just north of New Hope, near the intersection of Dallas County Roads 224 and 231. This tornado had maximum estimated wind speeds of 90 mph, consistent of an EF-1 rating.
July 2024Tornado (EF1)Pine Grove-This tornado occurred within the same parent supercell as the Pine Grove Tornado, and began near Dallas County Road 267 and AR Highway 207, just a few miles south of New Hope. The tornado moved primarily northward, following Dallas County Road 267, causing only tree damage in its path. The tornado then dissipated just west of New Hope, near AR Highway 128. This tornado had maximum estimated wind speeds of 90 mph, consistent with an EF-1 rating.
April 2004HailPine Grove-no account filed
March 2004Thunderstorm WindPine Grove-no account filed
March 2004Thunderstorm WindPine Grove-no account filed
April 1999Tornado (F1)Pine Grove-no account filed
October 1993HailPine Grove-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
New Hope1.7 miles15
Ouachita3.7 miles15
Oakhurst (historical)4.3 miles16
Heine (historical)4.4 miles15
Sparkman4.7 miles15
Holly Springs5.7 miles16
Nix (historical)7.1 miles16
Jacinto7.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78009. 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.