Ben Lomond, Arkansas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Paraclifta Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71823. The Survey maps it on the Ben Lomond quadrangle. 140 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 463 feet above sea level.
On record in Ben Lomond
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
Old US 71-Little River Approachlisted 2004
Population over time
2 figuresBen Lomond fell from 145 to 140 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 | 145 | |
| 2020 | 140 | -5 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1950 USGS Ben Lomond quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ben Lomond quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
71 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Ben Lomond between 1997 and 2019, burning about 941 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 30 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Ben Lomond: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKeller Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ben Lomond in 10 storm reports between 1994 and 2017: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ben Lomond | 1 hurt, $15,000 | A weigh station was damaged and numerous trees down. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ben Lomond | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged two barns. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ben Lomond | $20,000 | Wind damage was reported to the front porch of a home and the chimney of the same house. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ben Lomond | - | Several trees were blown down in Ben Lomond. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ben Lomond | - | A 70 mph wind gust was measured in the Ben Lomond community. |
| October 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ben Lomond | - | Large tree limbs fell, damaging powerlines and a street light in the Ben Lomond community. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Ben Lomond | - | Hail fell along Hwy 27 just west of the Howard County line. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ben Lomond | - | Numerous trees and power lines down. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ben Lomond | - | Numerous trees down. |
| March 1999 | Flash Flood | Ben Lomond | - | Portions of Hwy 27 washed out. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowlingsville | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Brownstown | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Millers Crossing | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Pennys | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| White Cliffs | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Paraclifta (historical) | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Cornhill (historical) | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Paraloma | 5.9 miles | 11 |
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 Ben Lomond | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2210218 | 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 76301. 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.





