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Bauxite, Arkansas

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Bauxite Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72011. The Survey maps it on the Benton quadrangle. 629 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 344 feet above sea level.

Bauxite within Saline County

On record in Bauxite

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 2 records

Population over time

3 figures

Bauxite grew from 432 to 629 between 2000 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
2000432
2010487+55 (+13%)
2020629+142 (+29%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 23 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

148 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Bauxite between 1997 and 2020, burning about 828 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 44 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/incendiarism44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Debris and open burning40
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural5

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
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2015Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minor20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2014Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionSAL22536123

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saline County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 51 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 51 workings within 5 miles of Bauxite: 32 unknowns, 8 producers, 8 past producers, 1 occurrence. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Clay, Niobium (Columbium), Kaolin, Aluminum. 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
Alcoa Arkansas OperationsAluminum, Gallium, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, FreeProducer1886, 1952
Arkansas Bauxite RegionKaolin, AluminumProducer1887, 1896
Belvedere S & G Co. Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bryant MillTalc-Soapstone, Slate, DimensionProducer
Gingles DepositBentoniteUnknown
Hurricane Creek DepositNiobium (Columbium)Occurrence
Milwhite BariteBarium-BariteProducer
Quapaw Bauxite MineAluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, FreePast Producer1920, 1932
Republic Mining & Mgf. Co.IronUnknown
Saline CountyAluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, FreeProspect1887

Every working recorded in Saline County

Storms near this place

21 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bauxite in 21 storm reports between 1994 and 2019: 11 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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
February 2011Thunderstorm WindBauxite$25,000Numerous trees were blown down in the Bauxite area.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindBauxite$5,000Trees were toppled.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindBauxite$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew trees down.
July 2010Flash FloodWest Bauxite$1,000Water was over Arkansas Highway 183.
April 2019Flash FloodWest Bauxite-A trained spotter reported several inches of water flowing over Highway 183 on the east side of Bauxite.
April 2019HailWest Bauxite-Received reports of one inch diameter hail between Benton and Bauxite from mPING and from trained storm spotters.
February 2018FloodWest Bauxite-Storm spotter reports water from Hurricane Creek is covering Sardis Road near Bauxite.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindBauxite-Trees and power lines were reported down. Parts of the city were without power.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindBauxite-Several trees were knocked down.
April 1994HailBauxite-Thunderstorm winds downed a tree.
March 2018HailWest Bauxite-no account filed
May 2011HailBauxite-no account filed
May 2011HailBauxite-no account filed
May 2011HailWest Bauxite-no account filed
April 2009HailBauxite-no account filed
April 2007HailWest Bauxite-no account filed
March 2005HailBauxite-no account filed
June 2004HailBauxite-no account filed
January 1999Thunderstorm WindBauxite-no account filed
August 1999HailBauxite-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindBauxite-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Saline 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
Gibbons (historical)1.4 miles23
Whitlock (historical)1.5 miles23
Lena1.6 miles23
Woodland (historical)1.7 miles23
Dirtdauber (historical)1.8 miles23
Pine Haven1.8 miles23
Lignite1.8 miles23
Bauxite Junction2.1 miles23

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 BauxiteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1832665The 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 57342. 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.