Danville, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Danville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72833. It stands on Dutch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Danville quadrangle. 2,028 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 353 feet above sea level.

Danville within Yell County

Population over time

4 figures

Danville grew from 200 to 2,028 between 1880 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
1880	200
2000	2,392
2010	2,409	+17 (+1%)
2020	2,028	-381 (-16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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.

1888 USGS Dardanelle #3 quadrangle1:62500
1890 USGS Dardanelle quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Danville quadrangle1:24000
1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Danville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 484 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 16 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	19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	18
Arson/incendiarism	16
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Natural	8
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Smoking	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
9 September 1999	Natural	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 2012	Natural	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1997	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2009	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2016	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Ouachita National Forest	DANVILLE MTN
3 September 2010	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yell County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Danville: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Buford Compton Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Clay	Past Producer
Unk	Clay	Past Producer
Unk	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Yell County

Storms near this place

60 of 115 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Danville in 115 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 41 thunderstorm wind, 36 flood, 25 hail, 7 flash flood. The reports record 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
February 1998	Lightning	Danville	1 hurt	A man was outside finishing up some yard work when he was struck by lightning. The lightning bolt went into his right arm and went out his left hip. He was treated at a local hospital for his injuries and later released.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Danville	$150,000	Trees were blown down in Danville and numerous other locations in Yell County. One of the trees fell on a house in Danville.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Danville	$150,000	Numerous trees and some power lines were blown down from the Danville area east to Mount George, and then on to Dale Bend and north of New Hope. The damage then continued farther east to Pullen Pond and on to near the intersection of the Yell County line with the Perry and Conway County lines.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Danville	$100,000	A very isolated storm became severe, causing damage in Danville. Trees and power lines were blown down at a number of locations in town. Six residences and one car were damaged, primarily due to falling trees.
September 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Danville	$75,000	Multiple trees were blown down between Danville and Belleville, one of which fell on Arkansas 10. In the Danville area, one home had roof damage and another had windows blown out, half the roof was blown off a shop, and a pavilion and shed lost their roofs. In Belleville, one home had roof damage. On Belleville Ridge Rd., an older barn and a cattle corral were blown down.
April 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Danville	$50,000	Trees were down across the area.
May 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Danville	$50,000	Trees were blown down.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Danville	$25,000	Trees were blown down across the area.
November 2011	Flood	Danville	$25,000	Heavy rainfall caused the Petit Jean River near Danville to rise above flood stage during the evening hours on the 21st. This river reached over 26 feet before receding below flood stage during the evening hours on the 24th. The crest of 26.66 feet reached during the evening hours of the 22nd was the 7th highest crest on record.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Danville	$25,000	Trees were down across the area.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Danville	$10,000	Trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2011	Flood	Danville	$10,000	no account filed
June 2014	Flood	Danville	$5,000	Heavy rainfall caused the Petit Jean River at Danville to rise above flood stage during the morning hours of the 9th. This river then fell back below flood stage during the late afternoon hours of the 11th.
March 2012	Flood	Danville	$5,000	Heavy rain in late March pushed the Petit Jean River at Danville above flood stage for several days at the end of March.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Danville	$5,000	A few trees were blown down.
December 2011	Flood	Danville	$5,000	Heavy rainfall at the beginning of December caused the Petit Jean River at Danville to rise above flood stage for several days.
December 2011	Flood	Danville	$5,000	Heavy rainfall during the middle of December caused the Petit Jean River at Danville to rise above flood stage for several days.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Danville	$5,000	Several trees were blown down.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Danville	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds damaged a few small trees.
April 2011	Flood	Danville	$5,000	no account filed
May 2011	Flood	Danville	$5,000	no account filed
May 2014	Flood	Danville	$2,000	Heavy rain, caused by thunderstorms, fell across the area as a cold front moved south across the state. This heavy rain caused the Petit Jean River at Danville to rise above flood stage during the morning hours of the 13th. The river dropped back below flood stage during the morning hours of the 15th.
January 2013	Flood	Danville	$2,000	Heavy rain from January 9th through January 13th caused minor flooding along the Petit Jean River at Danville. The co-operative observer at Danville reported 7.57 inches of rainfall through this period. Most of the rain fell on the 12th and 13th, when 6.10 inches of rain was reported. The river crested at 21.90 feet on January 13th.
December 2011	Flood	Danville	$1,000	Heavy rainfall during the middle of December caused the Petit Jean River at Danville to rise above flood stage for a day.
October 2009	Lightning	Danville	$1,000	Lightning struck a utility pole in Danville, briefly knocking out phone lines to 911. The emergency calls were rerouted to Dardanelle during the outage.
January 2007	Flash Flood	Danville	$1,000	A few county roads were flooded due to heavy rains that fell across Yell County.
April 2025	Flood	Danville	-	Moderate river flooding was observed at Danville along the Petit Jean River.
January 2025	Flood	Danville	-	The Petit Jean River at Danville entered minor flood stage in late January. The river experienced a crest over this period on 1/31/2025 at 1245 LST of 24.40 feet. The river did continue in minor flood stage into the month of February.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Danville	-	Multiple trees and power lines were blown down north of Danville.
February 2025	Flood	Danville	-	Moderate flooding was observed at Danville along the Petit Jean River.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Danville	-	A large tree was blown down in Danville.
May 2025	Hail	Danville	-	Golf ball sized hail was measured in Danville.
March 2024	Flood	Danville	-	Heavy rain led to the Petit Jean River going into minor flood stage at Danville on March 26 and March 27.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Danville	-	Several tree limbs were blown down in the town of Danville.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Danville	-	Several tree limbs were blown down in the community of Danville.
December 2024	Flood	Danville	-	River flooding occurred on the Petit Jean River at Danville in late December. The river at this site crested at 20.38 feet on December 28th at 0430. The river flooding at this site remained in minor flood stage.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Danville	-	Numerous trees were reported to be downed (7 trees to be specific in the community of Danville) along with most of community being without power.
March 2023	Flash Flood	Danville	-	Street flooding was reported in Danville. Park Ave. was closed among other roads.
June 2023	Hail	Danville	-	Half dollar sized hail fell in Danville.
February 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Danville	-	A few large trees were down in the area. One home was damaged by a snapped tree.
May 2022	Flood	Danville	-	Heavy rain brought flooding to the Petit Jean River at Des Arc in early May.
May 2020	Flood	Danville	-	Flooding developed in mid May on the Petit Jean River at Danville due to heavy rain.
September 2020	Flash Flood	Danville	-	The Yell County sheriff's office reported flash flooding on Hwy. 27 north of Danville.
January 2019	Flood	Danville	-	Flooding was noted on the Petit Jean River at Danville.
January 2019	Flood	Danville	-	Flooding was noted on the Petit Jean River at Danville from the 4th through the 6th.
April 2019	Flood	Danville	-	Heavy rain caused flooding on the Petit Jean River at Danville April 25 and 26, 2019.
February 2019	Flood	Danville	-	Heavy rain brought flooding to the Petit Jean River at Danville.
October 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Danville	-	A tree was blown over on 8th Street.
May 2019	Flood	Danville	-	Heavy rain brought flooding to the Petit Jean River at Danville on 5/2/19.
February 2018	Flood	Danville	-	Heavy rain brought flooding to the Petit Jean River.
November 2018	Flood	Danville	-	Heavy rain caused flooding on the Petit Jean River in early November.
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Danville	-	Trees were reported down throughout Danville.
March 2016	Flood	Danville	-	Flooding was noted on the Petit Jean River.
May 2016	Flood	Danville	-	Heavy rains from April kept the river stage in flood into the first part of May.
April 2016	Flood	Danville	-	Heavy rain brought flooding to the Petit Jean River at the end of April.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Danville	-	Numerous trees and power lines were blown down between Danville and Dardanelle.
May 2015	Flash Flood	Danville	-	Highway 80 from western county line to the Highway 27 intersection south of Danville was closed in several places due to flash flooding.
May 2015	Flood	Danville	-	The Petit Jean River at Danville rose above flood stage during the late evening hours of the 10th, falling below flood stage during the morning hours of the 14th.
March 2015	Flood	Danville	-	Heavy rainfall caused the Petit Jean River at Danville to rise above flood stage during the evening hours on the 13th, falling back below flood stage during the early morning hours on the 16th.
May 2015	Flood	Danville	-	The Petit Jean River at Danville rose back above flood stage for the 2nd time in May, from the 20th through the 22nd.

Every storm recorded in Yell 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Corinth	2.3 miles	17
Millan (historical)	3.7 miles	17
Gilkey (historical)	3.9 miles	13
Belleville	4.0 miles	17
Kingston	4.9 miles	17
Riley Creek (historical)	5.0 miles	17
Macedonia	5.1 miles	17
Lone Pine	5.1 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 Danville	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79420	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 81853. 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.