East Camden, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Bradley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71701. The Survey maps it on the East Camden quadrangle. 798 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 125 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresEast Camden fell from 931 to 798 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 931 | |
| 2020 | 798 | -133 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1903 USGS Camden quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS East Camden quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Bearden quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
153 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of East Camden between 1997 and 2020, burning about 649 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 28 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
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 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of East Camden: 4 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
12 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Camden in 12 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Camden | $40,000 | A tree was blown down onto a house in East Camden. The damage was confirmed via a photo on social media and relayed by KATV. |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Camden | $35,000 | The new roof was torn off the fire station in East Camden and some trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Camden | $20,000 | Trees were blown down and shingles were blown off roofs. A large trampoline was wrapped around a utility pole. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Camden | $15,000 | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Camden | $5,000 | The roof was blown off a mobile home. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Camden | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down on Arkansas 274. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Camden | - | Multiple trees were blown down and a few buildings experienced roof damage in the town of East Camden. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Camden | - | Power lines and power poles were blown down across the town of Camden. |
| April 2021 | Flood | East Camden | - | Heavy rain brought flooding to the Ouachita River at Camden in early April. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Camden | - | A large tree was blown down onto a home. |
| November 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Camden | - | A tree fell on a house. Nobody was home at the time. |
| November 2017 | Hail | East Camden | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Camark | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Vanduzer | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Warner | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Harmony Grove | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Kent | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Lilley (historical) | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Onalaska (historical) | 4.3 miles | 16 |
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 East Camden | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2629213 | 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 57693. 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.








