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.
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
Old Benton-Sardis Road Bridgelisted 2007
Rucker Houselisted 1988
Population over time
3 figuresBauxite 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 432 | |
| 2010 | 487 | +55 (+13%) |
| 2020 | 629 | +142 (+29%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 23 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.
- 1890 USGS Benton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Benton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1938 USGS Benton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1938 USGS Benton quadrangle1:48000
- 1944 USGS Benton quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Benton quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Benton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Benton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Benton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
148 since 1997Regional 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/incendiarism | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 40 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | SAL22536123 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 51 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcoa Arkansas Operations | Aluminum, Gallium, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, Free | Producer | 1886, 1952 | |
| Arkansas Bauxite Region | Kaolin, Aluminum | Producer | 1887, 1896 | |
| Belvedere S & G Co. Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bryant Mill | Talc-Soapstone, Slate, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Gingles Deposit | Bentonite | Unknown | ||
| Hurricane Creek Deposit | Niobium (Columbium) | Occurrence | ||
| Milwhite Barite | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Quapaw Bauxite Mine | Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1920, 1932 | |
| Republic Mining & Mgf. Co. | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Saline County | Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, Free | Prospect | 1887 |
Storms near this place
21 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bauxite | $25,000 | Numerous trees were blown down in the Bauxite area. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bauxite | $5,000 | Trees were toppled. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bauxite | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew trees down. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | West Bauxite | $1,000 | Water was over Arkansas Highway 183. |
| April 2019 | Flash Flood | West Bauxite | - | A trained spotter reported several inches of water flowing over Highway 183 on the east side of Bauxite. |
| April 2019 | Hail | West Bauxite | - | Received reports of one inch diameter hail between Benton and Bauxite from mPING and from trained storm spotters. |
| February 2018 | Flood | West Bauxite | - | Storm spotter reports water from Hurricane Creek is covering Sardis Road near Bauxite. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bauxite | - | Trees and power lines were reported down. Parts of the city were without power. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bauxite | - | Several trees were knocked down. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Bauxite | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree. |
| March 2018 | Hail | West Bauxite | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Bauxite | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Bauxite | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | West Bauxite | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Bauxite | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | West Bauxite | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Bauxite | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Bauxite | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bauxite | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Bauxite | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bauxite | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gibbons (historical) | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| Whitlock (historical) | 1.5 miles | 23 | |
| Lena | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Woodland (historical) | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| Dirtdauber (historical) | 1.8 miles | 23 | |
| Pine Haven | 1.8 miles | 23 | |
| Lignite | 1.8 miles | 23 | |
| Bauxite Junction | 2.1 miles | 23 |
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 Bauxite | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1832665 | 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 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.













