Colt, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Telico Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72326. The Survey maps it on the Wynne quadrangle. 293 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 253 feet above sea level.
On record in Colt
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
- William Stone Houselisted 1992
Population over time
3 figuresColt fell from 368 to 293 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 368 | |
| 2010 | 378 | +10 (+3%) |
| 2020 | 293 | -85 (-22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1939 USGS Wynne quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Wynne quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Wynne quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Memphis West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
32 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Colt between 1998 and 2020, burning about 268 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 53 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 July 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Colt: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crisp Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Forrest City Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| St.Francis Materials Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Woods Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Colt in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 8 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Colt | $500,000 | Very heavy rainfall occurred across much of St. Francis County. Over 7 inches of rain was recorded at Wheatley. Many roads were flooded across the county and homes were evacuated in Madison due to flooding along Crow Creek. Five families were evacuated from homes in the Stonebrook subdicison in Forrest City. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Colt | $10,000 | Thirty-three cars on a used car lot in Colt were damaged by the hail. |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colt | $5,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colt | $3,000 | Several trees were blown down from straight line winds blocking Highway 306 East, 3 miles east of Colt. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Colt | $1,500 | Hail ranged in size from dime to golfball. |
| January 2012 | Hail | Colt | $1,000 | Quarter size hail fell near State Highway 306 and State Highway 193 just west of Colt. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colt | $1,000 | A large sign was blown down. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Colt | $750 | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Colt | $750 | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Colt | $50 | A tornado briefly touched down just west of Colt producing minimal damage. |
| March 2002 | Hail | Colt | $10 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Flash Flood | Colt | - | Several roads around Colt were flooded and impassable. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colt | - | Straight-line winds caused damage near Colt on Highway 306. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Colt | - | Ping pong size hail fell near Colt. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colt | - | Straight line winds knocked down numerous trees and power lines across North Central and Northeast St. Francis County. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Colt | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosenbaum | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Shiloh | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Caldwell | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Meadow Cliff | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Union Hill | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Newcastle | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Harris | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Telico (historical) | 5.7 miles | 12 |
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 Colt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q80162 | 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 83105. 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.





