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Alexander, Arkansas

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Big Rock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72002. It stands on Crooked Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alexander quadrangle. 3,385 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 358 feet above sea level.

Alexander within Pulaski County

Population over time

2 figures

Alexander grew from 2,901 to 3,385 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
20102,901
20203,385+484 (+17%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 25 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

139 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Alexander between 1997 and 2020, burning about 847 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 39 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 burning48
Arson/incendiarism39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2005Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burning165 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2015Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2006Arson/incendiarism15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2002Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Alexander: 24 unknowns, 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Talc-Soapstone, Slate, Dimension. 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
Bryant MillTalc-Soapstone, Slate, DimensionProducer
Milwhite BariteBarium-BariteProducer
No NameFullers EarthUnknown
Quapaw Bauxite MineAluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, FreePast Producer1920, 1932
No NameLimestone, DimensionUnknown
No NameLimestone, DimensionUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Archer DepositAluminumUnknown
Arkansas Talc Co.-MillAluminumUnknown

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

13 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alexander in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 8 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
April 2022Flash FloodAlexander-Broadcast media tweeted a photo of deep water running over a road in Alexander.
May 2019Flash FloodAlexander-Water was over Crestside Dr. in Alexander.
October 2022HailAlexander-no account filed
March 2015HailAlexander-no account filed
July 2013HailAlexander-no account filed
September 2013HailAlexander-no account filed
June 2009HailAlexander-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindAlexander-no account filed
May 1999HailAlexander-no account filed
July 1996Flash FloodAlexander-no account filed
October 1996Thunderstorm WindAlexander-no account filed
April 1995HailAlexander-no account filed
July 1995HailAlexander-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pulaski 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
Red Gate1.2 miles25
Terrytown1.8 miles25
Otter Creek2.1 miles25
Mabelvale3.4 miles25
Shiloh3.7 miles25
Guilford (historical)4.1 miles26
Deer Meadow4.4 miles26
Merrivale4.4 miles26

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 AlexanderAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2380525The 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 57254. 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.