Bull Shoals, Arkansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marion County Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72619. It stands on Strawberry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bull Shoals quadrangle. 1,952 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 801 feet above sea level.
On record in Bull Shoals
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 2 records
- William Jasper Johnson Houselisted 2018
- Mountain Village 1890listed 2023
Population over time
2 figuresBull Shoals grew from 1,950 to 1,952 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 | 1,950 | |
| 2020 | 1,952 | +2 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 18 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.
- 1893 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1929 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Bull Shoals quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Bull Shoals quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Bull Shoals Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
27 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Bull Shoals between 1997 and 2019, burning about 487 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Buffalo National River | COZY FIRE |
| 26 June 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 June 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Bull Shoals: 13 occurrences, 4 prospects, 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shiras Mine | Iron, Zinc, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Durham Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Frost | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Hoffman Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Mitchell Mine | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Galena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite | |
| Bardeen Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Big John Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Cedar Gap Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Green Horn Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Hyland Deposit | Lead | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
27 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bull Shoals in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 13 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bull Shoals | $3,000,000 | One boat dock was overturned onto another dock, and several additional boat docks were damaged. Dozens of boats were damaged or destroyed; some of the boats sank. Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bull Shoals | $50,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down in the Bull Shoals area, blocking Arkansas 178 and numerous county roads. |
| October 2007 | Lightning | Bull Shoals | $2,000 | Lightning knocked down a large tree. The tree caused minor damage to the garage of a house. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Bull Shoals | - | Quarter-sized hail fell near the town of Bull Shoals with a significant amount of hail falling leading to a few hail drifts. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bull Shoals | - | Numerous trees were blown down near the Bull Shoals Dam covering portions of Marion and Baxter Counties. |
| November 2024 | Heavy Rain | Bull Shoals | - | A rainfall total of 7.24 inches was measured at Bull Shoals over a 24 hour period ending on November 4, 2024 at 6:04 AM CST. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bull Shoals | - | Several boat docks were turned over on Bull Shoals Lake. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bull Shoals | - | Trees were blown down. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Bull Shoals | - | Some windows were broken out. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bull Shoals | - | Trees and power lines knocked down. |
| November 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bull Shoals | - | Several boats were blown away from a dock and some were damaged by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Bull Shoals | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Bull Shoals | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Bull Shoals | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Bull Shoals | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Bull Shoals | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Bull Shoals | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bull Shoals | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bull Shoals | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bull Shoals | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Bull Shoals | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bull Shoals | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Bull Shoals | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Bull Shoals | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Bull Shoals | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Bull Shoals | - | no account filed |
| November 1994 | Hail | Bull Shoals | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Stone (historical) | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Midway | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Oakland | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Kingdom Springs (historical) | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Flippin | 7.3 miles | 18 | |
| Price Place | 7.7 miles | 18 | |
| Pine Branch | 8.8 miles | 17 |
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 Bull Shoals | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79505 | 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 76463. 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.












