Walnut Grove, Arkansas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Dota Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72579. The Survey maps it on the Charlotte quadrangle.
On record in Walnut 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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Walnut Grove Cemeterylisted 2013 · 0.2 miles away
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
- 1954 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Walnut Grove between 1997 and 2020, burning about 682 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1999 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2012 | Natural | 43 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2012 | Natural | 49 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 1997 | Natural | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Walnut Grove: 3 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolyn Newman | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walnut Grove in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2009: 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Walnut Grove | $10,000 | Roads were flooded between Cord and Newark. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walnut Grove | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a number of large tree limbs. |
| May 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Walnut Grove | - | A weak tornado touched down briefly near Walnut Grove in Independence County. The tornado caused only some minor tree damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazel Grove | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Cord | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Dota | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Charlotte | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Dowdy | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Lockheart (historical) | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Carmel | 7.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57229. 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.






