Dardanelle, Arkansas
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Dardanelle Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72834. It stands on Bryant Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dardanelle quadrangle. 4,517 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 331 feet above sea level.
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On record in Dardanelle
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 12 of 21 shown
Brearley Cemetery Historic Sectionlisted 2007
Thomas James Cotton Houselisted 2001
Dardanelle Agriculture and Post Officelisted 1998
Dardanelle Commercial Historic Districtlisted 2009
Dardanelle Confederate Monumentlisted 1996
First Presbyterian Churchlisted 1987
First Presbyterian Church-Berry Houselisted 1998
Kimball Houselisted 1982
Methodist Episcopal Church, Southlisted 1996
Steamboat Houselisted 1975
Yell County Courthouselisted 1992- Harris Creek Bridgelisted 2026
Population over time
3 figuresDardanelle grew from 299 to 4,517 between 1860 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1860 | 299 | |
| 2010 | 4,745 | |
| 2020 | 4,517 | -228 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1888 USGS Dardanelle #4 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Dardanelle quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Dardanelle quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Dardanelle quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
27 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Dardanelle between 1997 and 2020, burning about 108 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 2006 | Natural | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 43 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Dardanelle: 20 unknowns, 15 past producers, 7 producers, 1 occurrence. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black-Sands Deposit | Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Dierks Crystal Area No 6 | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Jacimore Ocher Cave | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Bernice | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Shale Pit | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Bernice Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Stone | Unknown |
Storms near this place
60 of 76 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dardanelle in 76 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 38 thunderstorm wind, 27 hail, 5 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2001 | Lightning | Dardanelle | 3 hurt | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | $250,000 | A barn was destroyed on Salem Road and Forrest Lane. Poultry houses were destroyed. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | $150,000 | The roof was blown off the National Guard Armory. Water poured inside, collecting two inches deep on the floor. Numerous trees were blown down in Dardanelle. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | $50,000 | Many trees were blown down in Dardanelle. |
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | $50,000 | Trees were down in the city limits. Power outages occurred across the county. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Dardanelle | $50,000 | One-half mile of Arkansas Highway 80 had approximately a foot of water over it. Arkansas Highway 28 was closed due to water over the road. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees and power lines. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | $30,000 | The metal roof of a restaurant was peeled off, with some of the metal ending up in power lines. Some trees were blown down in the area. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | $10,000 | Trees and large limbs were blown down. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | $10,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | $10,000 | A severe thunderstorm blew portions of the roof off several chicken houses. Trees and power lines were also knocked down. |
| September 2007 | Flash Flood | Dardanelle | $8,000 | Flooding washed out culverts on Wildcat Hollow Road. Gravel was washed off some other roads in northern Yell County. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | $5,000 | A tree was blown down on a house in Dardanelle. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | $5,000 | Trees were blown down near Dardanelle Lock and Dam. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Dardanelle | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | $500 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | - | Several trees fell across multiple locations within the town of Dardanelle. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | - | A personal weather station near the Dardanelle Lock and Dam measured a wind gust of 71 mph. |
| January 2022 | Heavy Rain | Dardanelle | - | The Dardanelle COOP observer measured 3.82 inches of rain since the day before. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | - | Power poles were snapped in the town of Dardanelle. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Dardanelle | - | One inch hail was reported in Dardanelle. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree on the Lion's Den Golf Course. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Dardanelle | - | Multiple county roads were underwater. Reports indicated State Highways 27 and 28 were underwater. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | - | Several trees were reported down in Dardanelle. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | - | A power line was blown down between the town of Dardanelle and Bethel Road. |
| November 2011 | Heavy Rain | Dardanelle | - | Dardanelle recorded the wettest November ever. Rainfall of 13.85 inches broke the record of 11.96 inches set in 1952. |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | - | A roof was blown off a mobile home on Waterplant Road in Dardanelle. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Dardanelle | - | Two cars stalled due to high water at the intersection of Arkansas Highway 22 and 2nd Street. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Dardanelle | - | KARK-TV relayed a viewer report of baseball sized hail. The viewer had a picture of the hail. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | - | Trees and power lines were down. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Dardanelle | - | Hail fell at Mt. Nebo State Park. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | - | Several trees down on Highway 154. |
| April 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Dardanelle | - | A weak tornado touched down briefly to the southwest of Dardanelle. The only notable damage along the path of the tornado were a number of downed trees and others where their tops were twisted off. The tornado was witnessed and photographed by a visitor to a nearby state park. |
| April 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Dardanelle | - | As one weak tornado dissipated in northern Yell County, another one formed 4 to 5 miles southwest of Dardanelle. The new tornado caused mostly tree damage, with trees downed or snapped. The tornado eventually tracked into southern Pope County. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some power lines. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a number of large trees and power lines. A roll-up garage door was blown in on a building and several portable advertising signs were damaged. |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some power lines. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Dardanelle | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Dardanelle | - | no account filed |
| January 2006 | Hail | Dardanelle | - | no account filed |
| January 2006 | Hail | Dardanelle | - | no account filed |
| January 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Dardanelle | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Dardanelle | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Dardanelle | - | no account filed |
| November 2003 | Hail | Dardanelle | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Flash Flood | Dardanelle | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Dardanelle | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Dardanelle | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Dardanelle | - | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Hail | Dardanelle | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Dardanelle | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Dardanelle | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Dardanelle | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dardanelle | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Dardanelle | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elberta | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Bethel | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Oak Grove | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Prosperity | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Mount Nebo | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Ard | 5.7 miles | 21 | |
| Mosley | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Old Neely | 6.0 miles | 19 |
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 Dardanelle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79526 | 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 79131. 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.









