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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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Dardanelle within Yell County

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

Every listing in Yell County

Population over time

3 figures

Dardanelle 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.

YearPeople Change
1860299
20104,745
20204,517-228 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

27 since 1997

Regional 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 burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2006Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2003Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2006Natural12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yell County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Black-Sands DepositTitaniumOccurrence
Dierks Crystal Area No 6SilicaPast Producer
Jacimore Ocher CaveIronUnknown
BerniceClayPast Producer
Shale PitClayUnknown
Bernice QuarryStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnknownStoneUnknown
UnknownStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Yell County

Storms near this place

60 of 76 shown

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2001LightningDardanelle3 hurtno account filed
April 2008Thunderstorm WindDardanelle$250,000A barn was destroyed on Salem Road and Forrest Lane. Poultry houses were destroyed.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindDardanelle$150,000The 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 2011Thunderstorm WindDardanelle$50,000Many trees were blown down in Dardanelle.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindDardanelle$50,000Trees were down in the city limits. Power outages occurred across the county.
September 2008Flash FloodDardanelle$50,000One-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 1994Thunderstorm WindDardanelle$50,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees and power lines.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindDardanelle$30,000The 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 2014Thunderstorm WindDardanelle$10,000Trees and large limbs were blown down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindDardanelle$10,000Trees were blown down.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindDardanelle$10,000A severe thunderstorm blew portions of the roof off several chicken houses. Trees and power lines were also knocked down.
September 2007Flash FloodDardanelle$8,000Flooding washed out culverts on Wildcat Hollow Road. Gravel was washed off some other roads in northern Yell County.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindDardanelle$5,000A tree was blown down on a house in Dardanelle.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindDardanelle$5,000Trees were blown down near Dardanelle Lock and Dam.
April 2011FloodDardanelle$5,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindDardanelle$500Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindDardanelle-Several trees fell across multiple locations within the town of Dardanelle.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindDardanelle-A personal weather station near the Dardanelle Lock and Dam measured a wind gust of 71 mph.
January 2022Heavy RainDardanelle-The Dardanelle COOP observer measured 3.82 inches of rain since the day before.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindDardanelle-Power poles were snapped in the town of Dardanelle.
May 2020HailDardanelle-One inch hail was reported in Dardanelle.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindDardanelle-Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree on the Lion's Den Golf Course.
September 2020Flash FloodDardanelle-Multiple county roads were underwater. Reports indicated State Highways 27 and 28 were underwater.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindDardanelle-Several trees were reported down in Dardanelle.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindDardanelle-A power line was blown down between the town of Dardanelle and Bethel Road.
November 2011Heavy RainDardanelle-Dardanelle recorded the wettest November ever. Rainfall of 13.85 inches broke the record of 11.96 inches set in 1952.
December 2008Thunderstorm WindDardanelle-A roof was blown off a mobile home on Waterplant Road in Dardanelle.
August 2008Flash FloodDardanelle-Two cars stalled due to high water at the intersection of Arkansas Highway 22 and 2nd Street.
June 2008HailDardanelle-KARK-TV relayed a viewer report of baseball sized hail. The viewer had a picture of the hail.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindDardanelle-Trees and power lines were down.
May 2006HailDardanelle-Hail fell at Mt. Nebo State Park.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindDardanelle-Several trees down on Highway 154.
April 2005Tornado (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 2004Tornado (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 2003Thunderstorm WindDardanelle-Thunderstorm winds downed some power lines.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindDardanelle-Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindDardanelle-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 1997Thunderstorm WindDardanelle-Thunderstorm winds downed some power lines.
April 2015HailDardanelle-no account filed
March 2008HailDardanelle-no account filed
January 2006HailDardanelle-no account filed
January 2006HailDardanelle-no account filed
January 2006Thunderstorm WindDardanelle-no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindDardanelle-no account filed
April 2006HailDardanelle-no account filed
November 2005HailDardanelle-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindDardanelle-no account filed
April 2004HailDardanelle-no account filed
November 2003HailDardanelle-no account filed
May 2003Flash FloodDardanelle-no account filed
March 2002HailDardanelle-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindDardanelle-no account filed
July 2002HailDardanelle-no account filed
May 2001HailDardanelle-no account filed
October 2000HailDardanelle-no account filed
May 1999HailDardanelle-no account filed
May 1999HailDardanelle-no account filed
April 1999HailDardanelle-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindDardanelle-no account filed
May 1998HailDardanelle-no account filed

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Elberta3.0 miles21
Bethel3.4 miles21
Oak Grove3.7 miles21
Prosperity4.6 miles21
Mount Nebo5.0 miles18
Ard5.7 miles21
Mosley5.8 miles18
Old Neely6.0 miles19

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 DardanelleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79526The 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.