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Piney Grove, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Wolf Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71940. The Survey maps it on the Piney Grove quadrangle.

Piney Grove within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

41 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Piney Grove between 1999 and 2019, burning about 273 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2011Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2011Natural4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Piney Grove: 4 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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
Arkansas PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Prescott Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

3 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Piney Grove in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2025Flash FloodPiney Grove-Buffalo Creek became flooded and covered AR-Highway 301 making it impassable.
July 2019Flash FloodPiney Grove-High water was over roadways.
July 2019Flash FloodPiney Grove-Water was flowing over State Highway 29 at Buffalo Creek.

Every storm recorded in Pike 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
Bowen2.0 miles16
Pisgah3.7 miles14
Delight4.8 miles12
Antoine4.8 miles10
Billstown6.1 miles14
Stelltown7.2 miles12
Hopewell (historical)7.9 miles12
Brocktown (historical)10.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58386. 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.