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.
Population over time
2 figuresWestern 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 384 | |
| 2020 | 354 | -30 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 16 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.
- 1893 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1929 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Western Grove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Bull Shoals Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
78 since 1997Regional 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/incendiarism | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everton Prospect | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Unknown Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Excelsior | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Spier Mine | Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Western Grove | $5,000 | Pictures 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Western Grove | - | Trees and power lines were down near Western Grove. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Western Grove | - | A few trees were blown down in the area and power outages were reported as well. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Western Grove | - | A tree was on a house on Highway 123 and a second tree on Highway 123 across the road. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Western Grove | - | Heavy rain of 2 to 3 inches fell in less than one hour and caused flash flooding in the area. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Western Grove | - | Thunderstorm winds overturned an 18-wheeler and blew the roof off a mobile home. |
| January 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Western Grove | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Western Grove | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Western Grove | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Western Grove | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Western Grove | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Western Grove | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Western Grove | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Western Grove | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Western Grove | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Western Grove | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Western Grove | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Western Grove | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yardelle | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Hersey | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Sulphur Spring (historical) | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Wells Creek (historical) | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Hasty | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Carver | 9.2 miles | 14 | |
| Dogpatch | 9.6 miles | 13 | |
| Little Buffalo (historical) | 9.8 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 Western Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1904659 | 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 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.











