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Datto, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Nelson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72424. The Survey maps it on the Datto quadrangle. 65 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 289 feet above sea level.

Datto within Clay County

Population over time

2 figures

Datto fell from 100 to 65 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
2010100
202065-35 (-35%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

4 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Datto between 2003 and 2016, burning about 55 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning1

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
1 April 2003Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 April 2003Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 April 2003Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 November 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Storms near this place

12 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Datto in 12 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 5 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 1999Tornado (F2)Datto$8,000,000The tornado developed east of Datto and moved northeast. Several homes were badly damaged. Several hangars were destroyed and some planes were destroyed at the Corning airport.
April 2011FloodDatto$1,300,000Heavy rain brought the Black River near Corning to record levels in late April that continued into the beginning of May. The record crest surpassed the Flood of 1945. Shallow flooding extended for several miles away from the river. Several homes and businesses sustained minor damage from the flooding. Many roads and bridges were closed and/or damaged including Highway 62, Highway 67 and Highway 155. The Clay County Airport was flooded as well.
May 2011FloodDatto$1,300,000Heavy rain brought the Black River near Corning to record levels in late April that continued into the beginning of May. The record crest surpassed the Flood of 1945. Shallow flooding extended for several miles away from the river. Several homes and businesses sustained minor damage from the flooding. Many roads and bridges were closed and/or damaged including Highway 62, Highway 67 and Highway 155. The Clay County Airport was flooded as well.
March 2025Tornado (EF2)Datto$300,000This tornado touched down in Independence County and moved northeast across southern Sharp County where it reached a peak strength of EF-3 with peak winds of 165 mph in Cave City. The tornado then tracked across northwest Lawrence County and southeast Randolph County before exiting through the Reyno community and entering Clay County. A power pole was destroyed on County Road 112 and six empty grain bins were destroyed. The tornado weakened as it moved northeast, producing scattered tree damage as it crossed County Roads 110 and 125. A center irrigation pivot was overturned and several power poles were snapped where the tornado crossed Highway 67, approximately one mile west of the Corning Municipal Airport. An outbuilding was damaged near Highway 67, spreading metal debris in the field north of the airport. The damage became very sporadic from this point with only minor tree damage and some siding pulled off an outbuilding. The tornado lifted near the intersection of County Roads 147 and 154. Peak winds in Clay County were estimated at 120 mph.
April 2025Tornado (EF2)Datto$250,000The tornado crossed into Clay County from Randolph County at County Road 109. The tornado destroyed several grain bins as it entered Clay County. Additional damage to structures and trees was observed as the tornado moved northeast across the Heelstring area, including significant damage to a church and several residences along County Road 125 between County Roads 116 and 124. Mostly tree damage was noted along County Road 131, but several utility poles were snapped on County Road 139. Numerous trees and minor structure damage occurred on the western side of Corning Lake, with the final damage points along Elm St near and just east of County Road 173. Peak winds were estimated to be 115 mph in Clay County.
April 2017Tornado (EF1)Datto$100,000A weak tornado touched down southeast of Datto and destroyed some grain bins. The tornado tracked northeast heavily damaging a mobile home and ripping much of the roof off another home. A few farm outbuildings were destroyed after the tornado crossed US highway 62/67. The tornado then lifted. Peak winds were estimated at 110 mph.
March 2008FloodDatto$50,000Heavy Rain produced flooding along the Black River and the river's tributaries in western portions of Clay County. Arkansas 211 was closed due to flooding from U.S. 67 to the Arkansas-Missouri Border near Success. Arkansas 280 near Brookings was also closed due to flooding. Clay County was declared a state disaster area.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindDatto$5,000A few trees were blown down.
September 2006Thunderstorm WindDatto$2,000Several trees and power lines were reported down near the Randolph and Clay County lines.
October 2004Tornado (F0)Datto$1,000A tornado briefly touched down north of Datto producing little damage.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindDatto-Straight line winds knocked large tree limbs off several pecan and elm trees in Reyno.
May 2025HailDatto-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clay 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
Heelstring3.3 miles14
Twin Oaks3.6 miles13
Success4.4 miles13
Palatka6.4 miles13
Pittman (historical)7.0 miles13
Brookings7.4 miles14
Luehrmann (historical)7.8 miles14
Current View7.8 miles12

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 DattoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3317151The 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 76749. 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.

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.