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Dover, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in District 5. It lies in ZIP code area 72837. It lies near College Hill. The Survey maps it on the Dover quadrangle. 1,337 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 446 feet above sea level.

Dover within Pope County

Population over time

3 figures

Dover grew from 1,329 to 1,337 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.

YearPeople Change
20001,329
20101,378+49 (+4%)
20201,337-41 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

95 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Dover between 1997 and 2019, burning about 458 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 12 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 burning44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural5
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
9 September 2005Arson/incendiarism92 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2000Smoking3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dover: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pope County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unk Quarries 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pope County

Storms near this place

44 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dover in 44 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 22 thunderstorm wind, 18 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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
September 2012Thunderstorm WindDover$30,000Trees and power lines were blown down around Dover.
January 2013Flash FloodDover$15,000A water rescue was necessary for people trapped in a car in Dover.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindDover$15,000Trees were blown down in the Dover area. One tree fell on a house on Granny Gap.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindDover$15,000A few trees were down in the area.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindDover$10,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindDover$10,000Trees and power lines were blown down near Dover.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindDover$10,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindDover$10,000A few trees were down in the area.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindDover-Multiple trees were blown down in and around Russellville.
April 2025HailDover-Quarter-sized hail fell in the community of Dover via picture from social media.
August 2024HailDover-Quarter sized hail fell in the town of Dover.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindDover-Numerous trees were blown down in the town of Dover.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindDover-Power poles were snapped in the town of Dover.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindDover-Fallen trees were blocking all lanes on Highway 164 in Dover.
April 2021HailDover-Quarter inch hail was measured near Dover.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindDover-Winds caused damage to a roof and a canopy of a gas station.
September 2012HailDover-Hail covered the ground in places.
September 2012HailDover-Golf ball to baseball size hail fell, breaking car windows and damaging shingles on roofs.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindDover-A trained storm spotter measured wind gusts up to 85 mph with a home weather station.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindDover-Large tree limbs were down in Dover.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindDover-Trees were down.
November 2001Thunderstorm WindDover-Thunderstorm winds blew down a metal barn 9 miles north of Dover.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindDover-A severe thunderstorm blew the roof off a strip shopping center at Dover.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindDover-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
May 2022HailDover-no account filed
April 2019HailDover-no account filed
April 2019HailDover-no account filed
June 2018HailDover-no account filed
May 2015HailDover-no account filed
October 2014HailDover-no account filed
April 2014HailDover-no account filed
April 2011HailDover-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindDover-no account filed
April 2004HailDover-no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindDover-no account filed
February 1999LightningDover-no account filed
July 1999Flash FloodDover-no account filed
March 1999Tornado (F1)Dover-no account filed
March 1997HailDover-no account filed
June 1996HailDover-no account filed
July 1996HailDover-no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindDover-no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindDover-no account filed
April 1994HailDover-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pope 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
Cumberland (historical)2.8 miles19
Taral2.9 miles20
Pleasant Valley2.9 miles19
Baker Creek (historical)4.6 miles19
Piney4.8 miles19
Scottsville4.8 miles20
Famous (historical)5.1 miles19
Center Valley5.2 miles20

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 DoverAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79470The 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 79133. 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.