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Calico Rock, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72519. It stands on Fairgrounds Creek. The Survey maps it on the Calico Rock quadrangle. 888 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 410 feet above sea level.

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Calico Rock within Izard County

On record in Calico Rock

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 4 records

Population over time

3 figures

Calico Rock fell from 991 to 888 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.

YearPeople Change
2000991
20101,545+554 (+56%)
2020888-657 (-43%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

98 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Calico Rock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,653 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 26 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
Debris and open burning35
Arson/incendiarism26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
8 September 1998Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2011Smoking6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2004Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2011Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Izard County

Storms near this place

48 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Calico Rock in 48 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 19 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 10 flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2009Flash FloodCalico Rock$65,000Significant flooding occurred along County Road 9 and Arkansas Highways 56 and 69. Many other county roads were covered by water.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCalico Rock$20,000Trees and power lines were blown down. One of the trees fell on Arkansas 223, blocking a lane. Power outages occurred in the southwest part of town.
May 2011FloodCalico Rock$10,000no account filed
August 2015Thunderstorm WindCalico Rock$5,000A tree fell onto a house.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindCalico Rock$5,000A few trees were blown down in the Calico Rock area.
April 2011FloodCalico Rock$5,000no account filed
May 2011FloodCalico Rock$5,000no account filed
April 2025FloodCalico Rock-Moderate river flooding was observed at Calico Rock along the White River.
April 2025FloodCalico Rock-Flooding in Calico Rock.
October 2022HailCalico Rock-Delyaed report...We received pictures on social media from near Calico Rock. Time was estimated from radar.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindCalico Rock-A tree was blown down on a vehicle and another tree was blown down causing damage to property. Trees were blown down in various locations around Calico Rock.
April 2017FloodCalico Rock-Flooding was noted on the White River at Calico Rock after heavy rain fell. The flooding began early on 4/30/17.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindCalico Rock-Trees were blown down in Calico Rock.
May 2017FloodCalico Rock-Heavy rainfall in April caused flooding to begin on the White River.
May 2015FloodCalico Rock-The White River at Calico Rock rose above flood stage during the early morning hours of the 12th, falling back below flood stage that afternoon.
December 2015FloodCalico Rock-The White River at Calico Rock rose above flood stage during the morning hours on the 28th, falling back below flood stage during the evening hours on the 29th.
April 2014HailCalico Rock-Hail as large as 2 inches in diameter fell in the Calico Rock area.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindCalico Rock-Large limbs were down in the area.
October 2009FloodCalico Rock-Flash flooding which began on the 29th became widespread areal flooding on the 30th.
October 2009Heavy RainCalico Rock-In Calico Rock, it was the wettest October ever recorded.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindCalico Rock-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
April 2004Flash FloodCalico Rock-Heavy rains caused flash flooding to occur just east of Calico Rock. Several county roads in the area were flooded and impassable for a few hours due to high water levels.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindCalico Rock-Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees. One home in Calico Rock also sustained some minor roof damage due to the high winds.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindCalico Rock-A large tree limb was blown down on top of a police car.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindCalico Rock-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindCalico Rock-Several trees were knocked down.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindCalico Rock-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees and road signs.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindCalico Rock-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindCalico Rock-Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
May 2020HailCalico Rock-no account filed
April 2018HailCalico Rock-no account filed
April 2017HailCalico Rock-no account filed
April 2015HailCalico Rock-no account filed
May 2012HailCalico Rock-no account filed
May 2011HailCalico Rock-no account filed
December 2010HailCalico Rock-no account filed
April 2005HailCalico Rock-no account filed
June 2004HailCalico Rock-no account filed
February 2001Thunderstorm WindCalico Rock-no account filed
February 2001HailCalico Rock-no account filed
April 2001HailCalico Rock-no account filed
June 2001HailCalico Rock-no account filed
July 2001HailCalico Rock-no account filed
January 2000Thunderstorm WindCalico Rock-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindCalico Rock-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindCalico Rock-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindCalico Rock-no account filed
May 1997HailCalico Rock-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Izard 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
Pleasant Valley2.0 miles19
Creswell2.1 miles19
Pineville3.4 miles17
Gorby3.4 miles19
Forty Four4.3 miles17
Crossroads5.6 miles17
Iuka5.9 miles19
Vest (historical)6.1 miles19

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 Calico RockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q80052The 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 76497. 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.

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.