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Twin Groves, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Walker Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72039. The Survey maps it on the Damascus quadrangle. 317 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 371 feet above sea level.

Twin Groves within Faulkner County

On record in Twin Groves

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 5 records

Population over time

2 figures

Twin Groves fell from 335 to 317 between 2010 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
2010335
2020317-18 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

96 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Twin Groves between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,331 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 27 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 burning34
Arson/incendiarism27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
9 September 1999Debris and open burning40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined19 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Arson/incendiarism75 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionDOCS LANE
3 September 2015Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2000Debris and open burning15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionFAU17620043
22 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Faulkner County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Twin Groves: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone. 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
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
Reynolds Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Stell Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Faulkner County

Storms near this place

10 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Twin Groves in 10 storm reports between 2004 and 2019: 4 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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
September 2006LightningTwin Groves1 hurtOne person was struck by lightning. The person sustained minor injuries and was airlifted to a nearby hospital for treatment.
May 2011FloodTwin Groves$4,000,000Many roads around Lake Conway were closed due to flooding, including a portion of Arkansas Highway 89.
December 2009FloodTwin Groves$1,250,000Flash flooding which developed early on the morning of the 24th became widespread areal flooding later in the morning and continued into the morning of the 25th. Arkansas Highway 85 was closed by flooding. Palarm Creek washed away part of Saltillo Rd. Roads that were under water included Wilson Bottoms Rd., Springfield Rd., Mallet Town Rd., Shaw Bridge Rd., Ridge Dr., Bayou Rd., Beryl Rd., and Otto Rd. The driver of a tank truck had to be rescued from high water on Wilson Bottoms Rd. In Conway, Trey Lane and Centennial Soccer Park flooded, causing the cancellation of the Holiday Festival of Lights.
April 2011FloodTwin Groves$1,000,000Widespread areal flooding occurred.
December 2009Flash FloodTwin Groves$750,000Widespread heavy rain resulted in the development of flash flooding early on the 24th.
October 2009Flash FloodTwin Groves$50,000Flooding was reported on Arkansas Highway 365 and King Road. Many county roads were damaged by flooding. Ridge Road and Grassy Lake Road were closed.
December 2019Thunderstorm WindTwin Groves-Numerous trees were uprooted, and portions of roofs were removed from several homes. Two small silos were also thrown around 100 yards and destroyed.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindTwin Groves-A few trees were reported down.
October 2009FloodTwin Groves-Flash flooding which began on the 29th became widespread areal flooding on the 30th.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindTwin Groves-Power lines were blown down.

Every storm recorded in Faulkner 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
Pinnacle Springs (historical)1.6 miles13
Martinville3.2 miles13
Republican3.6 miles13
Guy4.7 miles12
Bono6.1 miles13
Soda Valley6.1 miles12
Rowlett (historical)6.4 miles12
Old Texas7.1 miles12

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 Twin GrovesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1841433The 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 1669457. 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.