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Blevins, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Wallaceburg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71825. The Survey maps it on the Blevins quadrangle. 288 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 420 feet above sea level.

Blevins within Hempstead County

On record in Blevins

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

Blevins fell from 315 to 288 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
2010315
2020288-27 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

36 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Blevins between 1997 and 2020, burning about 245 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 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/incendiarism13
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2

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 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Debris and open burning16 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2004Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hempstead County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Blevins: 10 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
UnkIronPast Producer
Al RossSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hempstead County

Storms near this place

26 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blevins in 26 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 4 flash 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
June 1994Thunderstorm WindBlevins$500,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and turned over a mobile home.
January 1993Thunderstorm WindBlevins$50,000Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindBlevins$30,000A large tree fell on a home and penetrated the roof in downtown Blevins, Arkansas. Multiple windows were broked and the front glass door was ripped off the hinges.
November 1993Thunderstorm WindBlevins$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBlevins-Several trees downed across Hempstead County, including in the Blevins community.
March 2023HailBlevins-Ping pong ball size hail reported in Blevins.
May 2023Flash FloodBlevins-Highway 371 was flooded between the McCaskill and Blevins communities.
December 2021HailBlevins-Hail slightly larger than the size of quarters fell at a convenience store in Blevins.
July 2015Flash FloodBlevins-Excessive heavy rainfall resulted in the closure and eventual washing out of portions of Hwy. 371 near the Blevins, Arkansas community.
July 2015Flash FloodBlevins-Hwy. 29 was flooded northeast of Blevins, Arkansas.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindBlevins-Trees and powerlines were downed in Blevins, Arkansas.
April 2011Flash FloodBlevins-Water covered the road on Hwy. 371.
May 2010HailBlevins-Hail fell in downtown Blevins, Arkansas.
April 2007HailBlevins-Hail fell on Hwy 371 and 231.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindBlevins-Trees blocking the road.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindBlevins-Trees were downed.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindBlevins-Over a dozen large trees toppled.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindBlevins-Several large trees down.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindBlevins-Trees down across Hwy 29.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindBlevins-Tress and power lines were toppled.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindBlevins-Several trees toppled from winds across Hwy 24.
February 2008HailBlevins-no account filed
June 2004HailBlevins-no account filed
May 2001HailBlevins-no account filed
April 1994HailBlevins-no account filed
March 1993HailBlevins-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hempstead 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
Kilgore (historical)2.1 miles14
Wallaceburg2.2 miles14
Dunlap2.4 miles15
Dotson Station (historical)3.4 miles14
Drab (historical)3.5 miles15
Dotson3.7 miles14
Jakajones (historical)4.0 miles13
Deanyville4.2 miles16

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 BlevinsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q80184The 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 46718. 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.