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.
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
Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Churchlisted 2003
Population over time
2 figuresBlevins 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 315 | |
| 2020 | 288 | -27 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1951 USGS Blevins quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Hope quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
36 since 1997Regional 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/incendiarism | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Al Ross | 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 | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
26 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blevins | $500,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and turned over a mobile home. |
| January 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blevins | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blevins | $30,000 | A 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 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blevins | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blevins | - | Several trees downed across Hempstead County, including in the Blevins community. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Blevins | - | Ping pong ball size hail reported in Blevins. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Blevins | - | Highway 371 was flooded between the McCaskill and Blevins communities. |
| December 2021 | Hail | Blevins | - | Hail slightly larger than the size of quarters fell at a convenience store in Blevins. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Blevins | - | Excessive heavy rainfall resulted in the closure and eventual washing out of portions of Hwy. 371 near the Blevins, Arkansas community. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Blevins | - | Hwy. 29 was flooded northeast of Blevins, Arkansas. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blevins | - | Trees and powerlines were downed in Blevins, Arkansas. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Blevins | - | Water covered the road on Hwy. 371. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Blevins | - | Hail fell in downtown Blevins, Arkansas. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Blevins | - | Hail fell on Hwy 371 and 231. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blevins | - | Trees blocking the road. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blevins | - | Trees were downed. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blevins | - | Over a dozen large trees toppled. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blevins | - | Several large trees down. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blevins | - | Trees down across Hwy 29. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blevins | - | Tress and power lines were toppled. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blevins | - | Several trees toppled from winds across Hwy 24. |
| February 2008 | Hail | Blevins | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Blevins | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Blevins | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Blevins | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Blevins | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kilgore (historical) | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Wallaceburg | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Dunlap | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Dotson Station (historical) | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Drab (historical) | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Dotson | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Jakajones (historical) | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Deanyville | 4.2 miles | 16 |
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 Blevins | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q80184 | 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 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.






