Cherokee City, Arkansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Township 4. It lies in ZIP code area 72734. The Survey maps it on the Cherokee City quadrangle. 73 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,155 feet above sea level.
On record in Cherokee City
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 1 record
Coon Creek Bridgelisted 2007
Population over time
2 figuresCherokee City grew from 72 to 73 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 | 72 | |
| 2020 | 73 | +1 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1899 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Cherokee City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
61 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Cherokee City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,509 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 19 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 | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 September 2000 | Natural | 31 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30433 |
| 14 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30575 |
| 10 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30570 |
| 7 April 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30602 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cherokee City: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherokee City Pit & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cherokee City in 15 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 4 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 14 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2006 | Tornado (F3) | Cherokee City | 12 hurt, $5,000,000 | The second tornado moved into western Benton County (from Delaware County, Oklahoma) south of Highway 12, where damage suggested the tornado strengthened considerably. A mobile home was destroyed, a pickup truck was rolled and destroyed, and several homes sustained major damage to their roofs near Bloomfield, where damage was rated at F2. Damage was more extensive in and around Gentry and Centerton where 75 homes were damaged or destroyed. Damage in this area was rated F3. Twelve people were injured by the tornado.See Storm Data for Oklahoma, Eastern for details regarding the Delaware County segment of this tornado. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF3) | Cherokee City | 2 hurt, $6,000,000 | This is the second segment of a two-segment tornado. The tornado intensified and widened as it moved into Benton County, across Coon Hollow Road and Carlton Drive, where homes and outbuildings were destroyed and tree damage was extensive. Several homes were destroyed and trees were stubbed and debarked on Highway 102. The tornado then turned north-northeast, remained stationary for several minutes north of Highway 102 (based on radar data), and then dissipated near Mt Zion Road. About 60 homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed by the tornado. This tornado produced a tornadic debris signature from KINX, KSRX, and KSGF WSR-88Ds. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 145 to 155 mph. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF2) | Cherokee City | $2,000,000 | This was an anticyclonic tornado that was occurring simultaneously with another strong tornado northwest of Decatur. This tornado developed just west of WPA Road, south of Falling Springs Road. It moved southeast destroying outbuildings, snapping numerous trees and power poles, and damaging homes through Iva Road. It then turned east, and then northeast as it approached Highway 59. Homes were damaged, storage buildings were destroyed, and numerous trees were snapped. It moved northeast and dissipated after crossing Little John Road. About 20 homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed by the tornado. This tornado produced a tornadic debris signature from the KINX, KSRX, and KSGF WSR-88Ds. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 120 to 130 mph. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherokee City | $50,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind damaged homes, damaged outbuildings, blew down trees, and snapped large tree limbs in a broad swath from near Cherokee City to several miles east of Cherokee City. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherokee City | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind damaged a barn and snapped large tree limbs. |
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherokee City | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherokee City | $500 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down a few tree limbs. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Cherokee City | - | A portion of Highway 112 was closed due to flooding. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Cherokee City | - | The intersection of Highway 12 and Highway 43 was flooded. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Cherokee City | - | A brief tornado was reported over open country. No damage resulted from this tornado. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Cherokee City | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down a few tree limbs. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Cherokee City | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down a few tree limbs. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Cherokee City | - | no account filed |
| January 2008 | Hail | Cherokee City | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherokee City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomfield | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Bozarth (historical) | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| West Point | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Falling Springs | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Ionia | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Pactolus (historical) | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Eldorado Springs (historical) | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Gentry | 5.4 miles | 16 |
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 Cherokee City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q387750 | 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 76597. 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.







