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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.

Cherokee City within Benton County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Cherokee 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.

YearPeople Change
201072
202073+1 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

61 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism19
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
Smoking2

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
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 1998Debris and open burning50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2002Smoking3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
11 September 2000Natural31 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
8 August 2011Debris and open burning20 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30433
14 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry30575
10 August 2006Naturalunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry30570
7 April 2009Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30602

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cherokee City Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Benton County

Storms near this place

15 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2006Tornado (F3)Cherokee City12 hurt, $5,000,000The 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 2024Tornado (EF3)Cherokee City2 hurt, $6,000,000This 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 2024Tornado (EF2)Cherokee City$2,000,000This 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 2024Thunderstorm WindCherokee City$50,000Strong 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 2026Thunderstorm WindCherokee City$10,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged a barn and snapped large tree limbs.
September 1993Thunderstorm WindCherokee City$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindCherokee City$500Thunderstorm winds knocked down a few tree limbs.
April 2017Flash FloodCherokee City-A portion of Highway 112 was closed due to flooding.
July 2015Flash FloodCherokee City-The intersection of Highway 12 and Highway 43 was flooded.
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Cherokee City-A brief tornado was reported over open country. No damage resulted from this tornado.
April 1994HailCherokee City-Thunderstorm winds knocked down a few tree limbs.
April 1994HailCherokee City-Thunderstorm winds knocked down a few tree limbs.
August 2012HailCherokee City-no account filed
January 2008HailCherokee City-no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindCherokee City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Benton 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
Bloomfield2.6 miles19
Bozarth (historical)3.1 miles19
West Point3.2 miles19
Falling Springs4.0 miles19
Ionia4.1 miles19
Pactolus (historical)5.3 miles19
Eldorado Springs (historical)5.3 miles19
Gentry5.4 miles16

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 CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q387750The 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.