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.
Population over time
3 figuresDover 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,329 | |
| 2010 | 1,378 | +49 (+4%) |
| 2020 | 1,337 | -41 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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 #1 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Dardanelle quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Dover quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Dover quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
95 since 1997Regional 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 burning | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 92 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pope County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk Quarries 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
44 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | $30,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down around Dover. |
| January 2013 | Flash Flood | Dover | $15,000 | A water rescue was necessary for people trapped in a car in Dover. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | $15,000 | Trees were blown down in the Dover area. One tree fell on a house on Granny Gap. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | $15,000 | A few trees were down in the area. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | $10,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | $10,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down near Dover. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | $10,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | $10,000 | A few trees were down in the area. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Multiple trees were blown down in and around Russellville. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Dover | - | Quarter-sized hail fell in the community of Dover via picture from social media. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Dover | - | Quarter sized hail fell in the town of Dover. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Numerous trees were blown down in the town of Dover. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Power poles were snapped in the town of Dover. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Fallen trees were blocking all lanes on Highway 164 in Dover. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Dover | - | Quarter inch hail was measured near Dover. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Winds caused damage to a roof and a canopy of a gas station. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Dover | - | Hail covered the ground in places. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Dover | - | Golf ball to baseball size hail fell, breaking car windows and damaging shingles on roofs. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | A trained storm spotter measured wind gusts up to 85 mph with a home weather station. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Large tree limbs were down in Dover. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Trees were down. |
| November 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a metal barn 9 miles north of Dover. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | A severe thunderstorm blew the roof off a strip shopping center at Dover. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| April 2019 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| April 2019 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Lightning | Dover | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Flash Flood | Dover | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Dover | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Dover | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland (historical) | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Taral | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Baker Creek (historical) | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Piney | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Scottsville | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Famous (historical) | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Center Valley | 5.2 miles | 20 |
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 Dover | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79470 | 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 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.









