Calion, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71724. It stands on Goodman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Calion quadrangle. 429 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 89 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCalion fell from 494 to 429 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 | 494 | |
| 2020 | 429 | -65 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Calion quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Smackover quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
56 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Calion between 1997 and 2020, burning about 746 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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 | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Calion: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Calion in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calion | $10,000 | Power lines were downed in town. A few trees were downed as well including one which fell on a home near town. No injuries were reported. |
| June 2021 | Tornado (EFU) | Calion | - | A tornado briefly touched down just west of the Calion community near Ricker Road. Since this weak tornado lofted dust, grass, and dirt and no damage was found, this tornado will be rated an EF-Unknown. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calion | - | Powerlines were downed 10 miles northeast of El Dorado, Arkansas. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calion | - | Large trees were blown onto Hwy. 167 north near Calion, Arkansas. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Calion | - | Water was across many county roads near the Union/Calhoun County line. |
| November 2009 | Flood | Calion | - | Excessive heavy rainfall that fell during the middle and latter half of October resulted in very high river levels on the Ouachita River at Felsenthal, Arkansas that continued through the entire month of November. The river crested on November 9th at a stage of 85.78 with flood stage being 70 feet. The river remained above the 70 foot flood stage through the end of the month and into December. Most of the communities residents had to move to higher ground as water was reported in as many as 15 homes with many city streets flooded and closed. Upwards of 14 homes in the Calion area were inundated by flood waters. Shelters were being setup to house the evacuated residents. Meals were provided by local chapters of the Red Cross. Most of the towns streets were inundated as well with water 5 foot deep across some roads. Travel by boat became necessary by the end of the month, especially in the Moro Bay areas. Union County, Arkansas was declared a Federal Disaster Area because of the extensive flooding and storm damage that occurred during the month of October and November. Monetary amounts for the flooding and storm damage that ensued were included in the October Storm Data publication. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calion | - | Trees and power lines downed along Agnes Road. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Calion | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champagnolle | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Ritchie | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Crain City | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Quinn | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Perdue City | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Herma | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Old Union | 6.6 miles | 18 | |
| Norphlet | 6.7 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 Calion | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79293 | 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 57494. 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.







