Branch, Arkansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Donald Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72928. It stands on Spirits Creek. The Survey maps it on the Branch quadrangle. 296 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 466 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresBranch fell from 357 to 296 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 357 | |
| 2010 | 367 | +10 (+3%) |
| 2020 | 296 | -71 (-19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1887 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Magazine Mountain #2 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Branch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Branch quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
32 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Branch between 1998 and 2020, burning about 798 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 70 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Branch: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixie Stone Co | Flagstone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
36 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Branch in 36 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 17 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branch | 1 hurt, $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour rolled over a mobile home. The occupant was injured. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branch | $250,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed four poultry barns, uprooted numerous large trees, and blew down power poles. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Branch | $125,000 | Baseball size hail damaged homes, businesses, and vehicles. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Branch | $75,000 | Golf ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Branch | $75,000 | Portions of Highway 41 were flooded and closed, and a couple bridges were washed out. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branch | $25,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto a home. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Branch | $25,000 | This is the first of six segments of this tornado. The tornado developed just east of Highway 41 south of Branch where it snapped large tree limbs and caused minor damage to a home. The tornado moved northeast damaging at least one mobile home, snapping power poles, and snapping or uprooting large trees. Maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado based on this damage was about 105 mph. The tornado continued into Logan County, Arkansas. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branch | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind severely damaged the roof of a mobile home. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branch | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a tree. The tree fell on a house. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branch | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several trees. A tree fell on a house. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branch | $500 | Several trees blown down |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branch | $100 | Thunderstorm winds blew tree down onto Highway 22. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branch | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped numerous large tree limbs. |
| April 2021 | Flash Flood | Branch | - | Highway 41 was flooded at Gammill Street near Branch. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branch | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree on Highway 41, north of Highway 22. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branch | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large trees. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Branch | - | Portions of Highway 41 near Highway 22 south of Cecil were closed due to flooding. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Branch | - | Several streets were flooded and closed. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Branch | - | Eucal Road in Branch was flooded. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branch | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several large tree limbs. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branch | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew several trees down. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branch | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous trees. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branch | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Branch | - | A F0 tornado briefly touched down four miles south of Branch. No damage was reported. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branch | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some large tree limbs. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Branch | - | no account filed |
| March 2018 | Hail | Branch | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Branch | - | no account filed |
| December 2012 | Hail | Branch | - | no account filed |
| February 2008 | Hail | Branch | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Branch | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Branch | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Branch | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Branch | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Branch | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Branch | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donald (historical) | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Fealey (historical) | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Effa (historical) | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Dahoma (historical) | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Peter Pender | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Thessing (historical) | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| Charleston | 4.4 miles | 22 | |
| Leon (historical) | 5.4 miles | 23 |
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 Branch | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q80180 | 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 57428. 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.










