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Western Grove, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72685. The Survey maps it on the Western Grove quadrangle. 354 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,073 feet above sea level.

Western Grove within Newton County

Population over time

2 figures

Western Grove fell from 384 to 354 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
2010384
2020354-30 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

78 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Western Grove between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,724 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 26 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/incendiarism26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Debris and open burning23
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
18 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 1999Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 2006Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton 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 Western Grove: 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Everton ProspectSilicaProspect
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
ExcelsiorZincPast Producer
Spier MineZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newton County

Storms near this place

18 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Western Grove in 18 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 9 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2022Thunderstorm WindWestern Grove$5,000Pictures were on social media of downed tree limbs and a small shed that was knocked over in Western Grove. Time is based on radar data.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindWestern Grove-Trees and power lines were down near Western Grove.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindWestern Grove-A few trees were blown down in the area and power outages were reported as well.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindWestern Grove-A tree was on a house on Highway 123 and a second tree on Highway 123 across the road.
July 2015Flash FloodWestern Grove-Heavy rain of 2 to 3 inches fell in less than one hour and caused flash flooding in the area.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindWestern Grove-Thunderstorm winds overturned an 18-wheeler and blew the roof off a mobile home.
January 2005Thunderstorm WindWestern Grove-Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.
April 2011HailWestern Grove-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindWestern Grove-no account filed
July 2003HailWestern Grove-no account filed
August 2003HailWestern Grove-no account filed
March 2002HailWestern Grove-no account filed
April 2002HailWestern Grove-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindWestern Grove-no account filed
April 1998HailWestern Grove-no account filed
March 1997HailWestern Grove-no account filed
March 1996Thunderstorm WindWestern Grove-no account filed
April 1993HailWestern Grove-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Newton 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
Yardelle3.5 miles13
Mount Hersey6.0 miles16
Sulphur Spring (historical)6.2 miles13
Wells Creek (historical)7.2 miles13
Hasty7.7 miles13
Carver9.2 miles14
Dogpatch9.6 miles13
Little Buffalo (historical)9.8 miles13

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 Western GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1904659The 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 78733. 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.