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Beaver, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Western Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72631. It sits by Poker Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Beaver quadrangle. 67 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 932 feet above sea level.

Beaver within Carroll County

On record in Beaver

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Beaver fell from 100 to 67 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
2010100
202067-33 (-33%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

39 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Beaver between 1993 and 2020, burning about 215 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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/incendiarism17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
27 June 1994Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2007Arson/incendiarism11 acresMark Twain National ForestDODGE HOLLOW ATV
8 April 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 April 1997Arson/incendiarism14 acresMark Twain National ForestTWIN VISTAS
24 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 April 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 April 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Beaver: 1 producer, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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
Radium CaveUraniumProspect
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carroll County

Storms near this place

32 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beaver in 32 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 15 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 3 flash flood, 3 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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
March 2015Flash FloodBeaver1 killedLeatherwood Creek flooded portions of Highway 187 near Elk Ranch. A vehicle was swept off the road by these flood waters. The vehicle was quickly found by first responders but the victim's body wasn't found until April 6th.
August 2013FloodBeaver$100,000State Line Drive bridge in Holiday Island was under water and nearly washed out.
August 2013Flash FloodBeaver$100,000Butler Creek flooded portions of Highway 187 between Beaver and Highway 62. A person was swept away from a vehicle while trying to cross a low water bridge near Beaver resulting in a swift water rescue. The flooding washed away portions of roads.
April 2011Flash FloodBeaver$100,000Some homes in the Holiday Island area were damaged from rising flood water.
February 2023HailBeaver$15,000Half dollar size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
February 2023HailBeaver$15,000Ping pong ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
December 2018Thunderstorm WindBeaver$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged a boat dock on Lake Leatherwood.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindBeaver$5,000Large tree limbs and power lines were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind across northwestern Carroll County.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindBeaver$5,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour uprooted trees and damaged a trailer at Holiday Island.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindBeaver$1,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees and power lines. The trees and power lines blocked roads.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindBeaver$100Several large tree limbs were blown down.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindBeaver$100Isolated severe thunderstorms developed in extreme northwest Arkansas during the afternoon of July 9th and produced damaging winds. Large tree limbs were blown down 1 mile north of Rogers and in Beaver.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBeaver-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees, and snapped numerous large tree limbs.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindBeaver-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree in Holiday Island.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindBeaver-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
December 2015FloodBeaver-Portions of Highway 187 near the Beaver Bridge were closed due to flooding.
December 2015FloodBeaver-Portions of Highway 187 near the Beaver Bridge remained closed due to continued flooding.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindBeaver-A storm spotter reported several large trees uprooted or snapped by strong thunderstorm wind.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBeaver-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs at a campground.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindBeaver-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour blew down numerous trees in the Holiday Island area.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindBeaver-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a tree.
July 2002HailBeaver-Dime size hail was reported at Holiday Island.
May 2024HailBeaver-no account filed
February 2023HailBeaver-no account filed
April 2023HailBeaver-no account filed
May 2022HailBeaver-no account filed
April 2015HailBeaver-no account filed
October 2011HailBeaver-no account filed
May 2009Thunderstorm WindBeaver-no account filed
April 2005HailBeaver-no account filed
July 2003HailBeaver-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindBeaver-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carroll 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
Holiday Island2.0 miles12
Gaskins (historical)2.3 miles12
Walden (historical)2.7 miles15
Busch3.4 miles15
Oak Hill3.7 miles12
Junction (historical)4.1 miles12
Tunnel (historical)4.6 miles12
Eureka Springs5.2 miles12

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 BeaverAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2580708The 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 57351. 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.