Strawberry, Arkansas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Reeds Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72469. The Survey maps it on the Strawberry quadrangle. 268 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 341 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresStrawberry fell from 283 to 268 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 283 | |
| 2010 | 302 | +19 (+7%) |
| 2020 | 268 | -34 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1932 USGS Strawberry quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Strawberry quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Strawberry quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Strawberry quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Strawberry between 1997 and 2020, burning about 739 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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/incendiarism | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | SHA27996771 |
| 24 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Strawberry: 4 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Zinc, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raney Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Calamine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Clifton E.Cook Property | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Harris Property | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Iron Ore Mountain | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Strawberry in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strawberry | $150,000 | Straight line winds completely destroyed a shop building, a tractor barn and damaged wooden high voltage transmission poles and lines along County Road 410 near College City. In addition, large trees were toppled at Williams Baptist College. Winds were measured in College City at 67 mph. A tree was knocked down on Highway 25 between Strawberry and Saffell as well. In Alicia, large wooden high voltage transmission poles and lines were damaged. Scattered damage to trees, small sheds, and outbuildings occurred along Highway 230, Highway 91 and Highway 228 between Alicia and Sedewick. Sheet metal from the Morgan Portable Building plant was blown onto the Walnut Ridge Regional Airport grounds. A few signs at the airport were damaged as well. A home on County Road 723 received major damage as the garage and sunroom were destroyed and part of the roof was blown off. The school district in Hoxie reported damage to an awning at the elementary school and to the roof of a dug out and ticket booth at the athletic fields. Several sections of fence and a few signs were damaged on campus as well. |
| April 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Strawberry | $5,000 | The tornado moved into Lawrence county from Sharp county. The tornado knocked down a few trees along Highway 230. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Strawberry | $100 | no account filed |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strawberry | - | A few trees were knocked down near the community of Strawberry. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strawberry | - | Multiple trees were blown down in the community of Strawberry. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Strawberry | - | This report was relayed by NWS Memphis. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Strawberry | - | This report was relayed by NWS Memphis. |
| February 2012 | Hail | Strawberry | - | Ping pong size hail fell northwest of Strawberry. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Strawberry | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Strawberry | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesup | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Driftwood | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Saffell | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Lynn | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Old Martin Mill Place | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Eaton | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Smithville | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Denton | 10.7 miles | 13 |
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 Strawberry | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3317207 | The 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 55268. 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.






