BlockBlytheville, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Chickasawba Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72315. It lies near Chickasawba Mound. The Survey maps it on the Blytheville quadrangle. 13,406 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 256 feet above sea level.
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On record in Blytheville
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 8 records
Blytheville Commercial Historic Districtlisted 2006
Blytheville Greyhound Bus Stationlisted 1987
Kress Buildinglisted 1997
Mississippi County Courthouse, Chickasawba Districtlisted 1996
United States Highway 61 Archlisted 2001
West Main Street Residential Historic Districtlisted 2010- Blytheville Air Force Base Capehart Housing Historic Districtlisted 2015
- Blytheville Air Force Base Strategic Air Command (SAC) Alert and Weapons Storage Areas Historic Districtlisted 2018
Population over time
2 figuresBlytheville fell from 15,620 to 13,406 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 | 15,620 | |
| 2020 | 13,406 | -2,214 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1939 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
60 of 69 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blytheville in 69 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 30 thunderstorm wind, 28 hail, 5 flash flood, 4 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1999 | Lightning | Blytheville | 1 killed | A man was killed by a lightning strike while working on the roof of a building. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines. Some roads were blocked for a time by fallen trees. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | $40,000 | Several cotton wagons are blown over. A few power poles were snapped. A privacy fence was also blown down. A carport had a wall blown out. Numerous trees were knocked down. One tree fell on a garage. |
| April 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Blytheville | $25,000 | The tornado touched down in the south central part of Blytheville. The main damage was contained in a two-block section. A 60-ton air conditioner until located on the roof of a supermarket was moved. Many large trees were toppled and several residences sustained roof damage. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | $20,000 | A tree fell on a house causing significant damage. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | $20,000 | One building suffered roof and structural damage. Some trees and power lines were blown down. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | $15,000 | Tree down on a truck on County Road 711. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | $10,000 | A church had some of its windows blown out. Several trees were knocked down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | $10,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down. |
| May 2007 | Lightning | Blytheville | $7,000 | Lightning struck a tree and power lines on West Walnut Street in Blytheville causing them to fall on a nearby house. Moderate damage was reported to the house, but no injuries were reported. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | $7,000 | Straight line winds blew a tree down on a house as well as a few other trees in Blytheville. |
| January 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | $5,000 | A non-structural wall located at the back of the Great River Medical Center was blown down. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | $5,000 | Some trees were blown down. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | $5,000 | Some power lines were blown down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | $5,000 | Some trees were knocked down. |
| April 2003 | Flash Flood | Blytheville | $5,000 | Numerous fields were flooded that required replanting. Many streets were also flooded. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | $5,000 | Some trees were knocked down. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | $5,000 | A light-weight metal carport was blown over. A few trees were knocked down. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | $5,000 | A large tree was blown down on top of a car. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | $5,000 | Some trees and power lines were knocked down. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| December 1996 | Lightning | Blytheville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | $3,000 | A tree was knocked down on to powerlines on Marr Avenue in Blytheville. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | $2,000 | Tree down at the intersection of 10th and Hearn. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Blytheville | $1,500 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Blytheville | $1,500 | no account filed |
| February 2005 | Hail | Blytheville | $1,100 | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | $1,000 | Large tree uprooted near the intersection of North Franklin and East Moultrie. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | $1,000 | Straight line winds knocked down a large tree at Walnut Street and 2nd Street in Blytheville. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | $1,000 | Some trees were knocked down 4 miles south of Blytheville. |
| August 2002 | Lightning | Blytheville | $1,000 | A shed was damaged by a fire started by lightning. |
| June 1998 | Flood | Blytheville | $1,000 | Several streets were flooded after nearly 4 inches of rain fell in the area. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Blytheville | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Blytheville | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Blytheville | $850 | A cotton crop was damaged by hail which ranged in size from quarters to golf ball. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Blytheville | $150 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Blytheville | $100 | Nearly all crops grown between Yarbro and Huffman were totally destroyed by the hail. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Blytheville | $100 | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Blytheville | $100 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | $100 | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Blytheville | $100 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Blytheville | $50 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Blytheville | $50 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | $10 | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Blytheville | $10 | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Blytheville | $10 | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Blytheville | $10 | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Blytheville | $10 | no account filed |
| November 2002 | Hail | Blytheville | $10 | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Blytheville | $10 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Blytheville | $10 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Blytheville | $10 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Blytheville | $10 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Blytheville | $10 | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Blytheville | $10 | no account filed |
| December 1996 | Hail | Blytheville | $10 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | - | Trees down in downtown Blytheville. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | - | Straight-line winds knocked trees down around town. A fence was damaged by a fallen tree. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blytheville | - | A large tree fell on a house. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chickasawba | 0.2 miles | 10 | |
| North Sabie (historical) | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Dogwood | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Burton | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Gosnell | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Yarbro | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Promised Land | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Lemsford | 4.8 miles | 9 |
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 Blytheville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79401 | 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 57402. 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.
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.