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.
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
Carlisle Rock Island Depotlisted 1990- Bank of Carlislelisted 2022
- Dairyman's Bank Buildinglisted 2019
Population over time
2 figuresCarlisle 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,214 | |
| 2020 | 2,033 | -181 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1935 USGS Hazen quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Hazen quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Carlisle quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Hazen quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Carlisle quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2002Regional 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 burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 February 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
30 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | 2 killed, 1 hurt | A large tree fell on a house causing 2 fatalities and 1 injury in Carlisle. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Carlisle | $1,000,000 | The 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 1994 | Tornado (F1) | Carlisle- | $500,000 | An 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | $130,000 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. Several of the trees landed on houses. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | $10,000 | Power lines were blown down. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | $10,000 | Large trees were down across the area. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Carlisle | $5,000 | Roads and crops were flooded, mainly in the southeastern part of Lonoke County. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | $5,000 | Power poles were blown down at Interstate 40 and Arkansas Highway 13. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees. |
| March 2018 | Flood | Carlisle | - | 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 2018 | Flood | Carlisle | - | Water was over Highway 70 just outside of Carlisle...heading west. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines near Carlisle. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | Winds were estimated at 70 mph. |
| July 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Carlisle | - | A funnel cloud was visible for about five minutes north of Carlisle. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Carlisle | - | Street flooding was reported in town. || |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | A semi truck was blown over on Interstate 40. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree limb and some power lines. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down some large tree limbs. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Carlisle | - | Hail up to quarter-size damaged some crops near Carlisle. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Carlisle | - | no account filed |
| December 2015 | Hail | Carlisle | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Carlisle | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Carlisle | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Carlisle | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Carlisle | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Carlisle | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Carlisle | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Carlisle | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | Carlisle | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Center | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| McCreanor | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Sisemore | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Brownsville | 7.5 miles | 15 | |
| Lonoke | 8.1 miles | 15 | |
| Bayou Meto | 8.4 miles | 15 | |
| Waterproof | 8.6 miles | 14 | |
| Parkers Corner | 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 Carlisle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79508 | 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 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.











