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Cabot, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in York Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72023. The Survey maps it on the Cabot quadrangle. 26,569 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 299 feet above sea level.

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Cabot within Lonoke County

On record in Cabot

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

Population over time

2 figures

Cabot grew from 23,776 to 26,569 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
201023,776
202026,569+2,793 (+12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

57 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Cabot between 2003 and 2017, burning about 1,472 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 29 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/incendiarism29
Debris and open burning18
Natural5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2008Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2008Natural7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 July 2006Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 July 2006Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lonoke County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cabot: 3 producers, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Flagstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum. 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
Bauxite ExplorationAluminumOccurrenceBauxite
Cabot Quarry & Mill No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cabot Quarry & Mill No 2FlagstoneProducer
Cabot Quarry and Mill No 2FlagstoneProducer
Sheaffer QuarryFlagstonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Lonoke County

Storms near this place

60 of 166 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cabot in 166 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 65 thunderstorm wind, 64 hail, 17 flash flood, 9 tornado. 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
April 2008Tornado (EF2)Cabot$2,000,000A tornado began southwest of Cabot and was most intense as it traveled through industrial and business areas on the west side of the railroad tracks in Cabot. Business structures destroyed included a self-storage warehouse and two storage buildings. A truck repair building was badly damaged, and two large warehouses also suffered damage. Several vehicles on a used-car lot were damaged when a large canopy fell. A canopy was damaged at a gas station, and there was roof damage to several businesses. To the east of the railroad tracks, numerous houses sustained roof damage, both in the middle of Cabot and on northeast through the Shiloh subdivision. A few houses and vehicles were damaged by falling trees.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindCabot$500,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees, some of which fell on houses.
September 2008Tornado (EF1)Cabot$300,000This tornado was spawned by Tropical Storm Ike. The tornado peeled the metal structure off a self-storage warehouse building. Although the items stored in the warehouse were left pretty much in place, heavy rain poured onto them, badly damaging them. The roofs of several apartment buildings were damaged. In some cases, holes in the roof were large enough to allow rainwater to fall into the apartments. Metal buildings at an abandoned lumber yard had strips to metal torn off and thrown onto neighboring properties. A medical supply company's roof was damaged and bay doors were blown in. The facade of a strip mall was damaged, and business signs at the strip mall were blown out. Fences were blown down, as were power poles, power lines, and several large trees.
May 2010LightningCabot$200,000Lightning struck a residence north-northwest of Cabot. The resulting fire destroyed the second floor of the house, and the first floor was heavily damaged by water.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindCabot$75,000Trees and power lines were blown down in Cabot.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindCabot$75,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindCabot$50,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindCabot$25,000Trees and power lines were blown down, causing power outages in Cabot.
September 2008Flash FloodCabot$25,000High water was observed at a sand and gravel company on Arkansas Highway 321 near Cabot.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindCabot$10,000Several trees and fences were blown down by the wind.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindCabot$10,000Siding was blown off of several homes in Cabot from a thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindCabot$10,000Trees were blown down.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCabot$10,000A water drain on the side of an apartment complex was damaged. Shingles and siding were blown off.
March 1997Tornado (F1)Cabot$10,000no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindCabot$5,000A tree and a road sign were blown down, partially blocking U.S. 67/167 southbound.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindCabot$5,000Several trees were blown down.
September 1993Thunderstorm WindCabot$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed some power lines.
November 1993Thunderstorm WindCabot$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees.
November 1993Thunderstorm WindCabot$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees onto power lines.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindCabot$2,000Outdoor recreation equipment was damaged.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindCabot$1,000A large tree was snapped in half and some shingles were blown off a home due to the high winds.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindCabot$1,000Large limbs were blown down.
August 2010Flash FloodCabot$1,000The intersection of Arkansas Highway 5 and U.S. Highway 67/167 flooded.
April 2025Flash FloodCabot-Roadway completely covered by flood waters near Cabot High School.
April 2025FloodCabot-Kerr Station Road in Cabot was covered by water in several locations.
April 2025HailCabot-Quarter-sized hail fell in the city of Cabot.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindCabot-Trees were blown down on a house and a fence was blown over near Cabot Community Park.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindCabot-Several trees were blown over in the community of Cabot resulting in numerous power outages.
August 2024HailCabot-Nickel sized hail fell in the community of Cabot.
August 2024HailCabot-Quarter sized hail fell in the town of Cabot.
April 2023Heavy RainCabot-Cabot received 3.00 inches of rain in a 24 hour period ending at 600 am CST.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCabot-A large part of a tree fell across a truck in Cabot.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCabot-Multiple trees and powerlines were blown down in Cabot.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCabot-Multiple trees were uprooted or snapped on the east side of Cabot. Additionally, multiple power poles were blown down. Metal roofing material was removed from a couple businesses in town and large sections of singles were removed from several businesses and homes. Some privacy fences were blown down and portions of fascia removed from a couple homes.
March 2023Flash FloodCabot-Numerous roads in Cabot were underwater.
October 2022HailCabot-Several reports were received of nickel to quarter size hail across the city of Cabot.
April 2022HailCabot-Two inch hail fell in Cabot.
November 2022Thunderstorm WindCabot-Multiple trees were blown down in Cabot.
December 2021Flash FloodCabot-Roads were flooded in Cabot.
March 2020HailCabot-Reports of dime to penny size hail came in from Cabot. The time was estimated from radar and reports were relayed via social media.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindCabot-Large tree limbs were broken and power poles were down on Honeysuckle Lane.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindCabot-Two large oak trees were blown down in The Meadows Addition. The time was estimated from radar.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindCabot-A HAM radio operator reported a 65 mph wind gust.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindCabot-Widespread trees were blown down in Cabot.
August 2019Flash FloodCabot-Water was over the road in the Greyhawk Addition.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindCabot-A large branch was blown down onto East Myrtle St.
May 2019Flash FloodCabot-Street flooding was reported in Cabot.
February 2018FloodCabot-Peters Road Southwest of Cabot is mostly underwater.
November 2018Flash FloodCabot-Water was flowing over Campground Road southeast of Cabot.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCabot-A large diameter hardwood tree limb was snapped off.
September 2018Flash FloodCabot-Thunderbird Drive was flooded. A few houses had water in them. Diederich Lane going from hwy 321 to Campground Rd. was almost impassable due to high water.
September 2018Flash FloodCabot-Flash flooding was observed on Mount Tabor Rd. and in several other areas of northern Lonoke County.
September 2018Heavy RainCabot-Rain measured 3.15 inches and fell in 3.5 hours from 7 pm to 1030 pm.
July 2018Flash FloodCabot-Portions of South Pine St. were flooded.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindCabot-Trees and power lines were down in Cabot.
April 2017Heavy RainCabot-The 24 hour rainfall total was 5.75 inches.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindCabot-A large tree was down in Cabot.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindCabot-Trees were down and awnings ripped up at various locations across the city.
March 2016HailCabot-Quarter sized hail in Cabot.
March 2016Flash FloodCabot-Street flooding was reported in neighborhoods around the Mt. Tabor area of Cabot.

Every storm recorded in Lonoke 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
Meadowlark Addition0.6 miles19
Glenwood Estates0.6 miles19
The Meadows Addition0.7 miles19
Crestwood0.8 miles19
Southbridge Addition0.8 miles19
Southside Addition0.9 miles19
Pheasant Run Addition1.1 miles19
Talbot Addition1.3 miles14

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 CabotAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79423The 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 57487. 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.