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Carlisle, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Carlisle Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72024. The Survey maps it on the Carlisle quadrangle. 2,033 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 235 feet above sea level.

Carlisle within Lonoke County

On record in Carlisle

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Carlisle fell from 2,214 to 2,033 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
20102,214
20202,033-181 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 15 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

3 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Carlisle between 2002 and 2004, burning about 9 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
13 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 March 2004Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 February 2004Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lonoke County

Storms near this place

30 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carlisle in 30 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 2 deaths and 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCarlisle2 killed, 1 hurtA large tree fell on a house causing 2 fatalities and 1 injury in Carlisle.
May 2008Tornado (EF1)Carlisle$1,000,000The tornado damaged approximately 25 homes, along with the Carlisle Fire Station, the old railroad depot, a storage garage, an automotive repair garage, a beauty shop, and a minnow farm. Many trees, power lines, and power poles were knocked down.
June 1994Tornado (F1)Carlisle-$500,000An F1 tornado touched down 1.5 miles northeast of Carlisle. The tornado moved into Carlisle before lifting. Trees and power lines were blown down. Approximately 20 houses were damaged, along with a few businesses. Most of the damage occurred in Carlisle.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindCarlisle$130,000Large trees and power lines were blown down. Several of the trees landed on houses.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindCarlisle$10,000Power lines were blown down.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCarlisle$10,000Large trees were down across the area.
June 2014Flash FloodCarlisle$5,000Roads and crops were flooded, mainly in the southeastern part of Lonoke County.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindCarlisle$5,000Power poles were blown down at Interstate 40 and Arkansas Highway 13.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindCarlisle$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees.
March 2018FloodCarlisle-Water from nearby Two Prairie Bayou flooded Highway 70 west of Carlisle, inundating adjacent properties. At least a few homes and business were impacted.
March 2018FloodCarlisle-Water was over Highway 70 just outside of Carlisle...heading west.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines near Carlisle.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-Winds were estimated at 70 mph.
July 2007Funnel CloudCarlisle-A funnel cloud was visible for about five minutes north of Carlisle.
July 2007Flash FloodCarlisle-Street flooding was reported in town. ||
October 2007Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-A semi truck was blown over on Interstate 40.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree limb and some power lines.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-Thunderstorm winds knocked down some large tree limbs.
July 1995HailCarlisle-Hail up to quarter-size damaged some crops near Carlisle.
April 2018HailCarlisle-no account filed
December 2015HailCarlisle-no account filed
March 2008HailCarlisle-no account filed
March 2005HailCarlisle-no account filed
February 2000Thunderstorm WindCarlisle-no account filed
April 1998HailCarlisle-no account filed
May 1995HailCarlisle-no account filed
June 1995HailCarlisle-no account filed
June 1995HailCarlisle-no account filed
April 1994HailCarlisle-no account filed
May 1993HailCarlisle-no account filed

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
Prairie Center2.3 miles15
McCreanor2.6 miles14
Sisemore5.6 miles14
Brownsville7.5 miles15
Lonoke8.1 miles15
Bayou Meto8.4 miles15
Waterproof8.6 miles14
Parkers Corner8.8 miles17

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 CarlisleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79508The 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 69544. 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.