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El Paso, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Cadron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72045. The Survey maps it on the Mount Vernon quadrangle. 267 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 335 feet above sea level.

El Paso within White County

On record in El Paso

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

48 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of El Paso between 1997 and 2020, burning about 815 acres in total. 2 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 burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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 1998Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2005Natural30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined23 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2010Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2010Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 2006Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 1999Recreation and ceremony12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of El Paso: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in White County

Storms near this place

36 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names El Paso in 36 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 13 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 8 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 death and 11 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
April 2014Tornado (EF2)El Paso1 killed, 1 hurt, $450,000This tornado exited Faulkner County 4.6 miles southeast of Naylor and entered White County 2.2 miles west-northwest of El Paso. The tornado caused massive timber damage along Jack Williams Rd., then caused damage to residences on Arkansas 5 and El Paso Rd. In White County, two houses and a mobile home were destroyed, another house had major damage, two had minor damage, and one was affected. A 55-year-old woman was killed in a mobile home on El Paso Rd. and one other person was injured.
March 1997Tornado (F3)El Paso5 hurt, $50,000no account filed
May 2003Tornado (F3)El Paso5 hurtA strong tornado moved from Lonoke County into White County about 4 miles southeast of El Paso. The tornado moved across Highway 64 where several homes and businesses were destroyed with a number of other buildings suffering significant damage. Two tractor-trailers traveling along Highway 64 were hit by the tornado and overturned. The drivers of both vehicles suffered minor injuries. As the tornado continued moving to the northeast, numerous other homes and other buildings were either damaged or destroyed. A number of vehicles were also damaged or destroyed. Widespread trees and power poles were blown down along the track of the tornado. Some of the downed trees were 3 to 4 feet in diameter.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindEl Paso$50,000Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and damaged a house and a barn.
February 2008Tornado (EF1)El Paso$40,000The tornado moved from Faulkner County, east of Vilonia, into White County, southwest of El Paso. Trees and power lines were blown down, and a mobile home was destroyed.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindEl Paso$15,000A roof from a home in El Paso was blown off. Power lines were blown down along Highway 16 north of Searcy. Several trees were blown down across the county.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindEl Paso$15,000Power lines were down across U.S. Highway 64 at El Paso.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindEl Paso$10,000A roof on a house was damaged in El Paso.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindEl Paso$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindEl Paso$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed some power lines.
April 2018Tornado (EF0)El Paso$2,000A brief tornado occurred along Bears Den Lane southeast of El Paso, AR, uprooting or snapping trees and damaging an outbuilding.
April 2025Tornado (EF1)El Paso-This tornado continued out of Lonoke County into White County. The tornado would cross Archer Road, Blakely Lane, and Gillham Road before dissipating near the community of Opal near Highway 64. The tornado removed most of the roofing material off of a couple outbuildings along its path in White County. Within White County, the tornado was rated an EF-1 with maximum estimated winds of 90 mph. The total length of the tornado was 14.1 miles and was rated an EF-1 with maximum winds of 105 mph.
August 2024HailEl Paso-Half dollar sized hail fell near the community of El Paso.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindEl Paso-Several tree limbs were blown down near the town of El Paso.
June 2023HailEl Paso-Quarter sized hail fell near El Paso via mPING.
February 2018Flash FloodEl Paso-Ridge Rd. in El Paso was closed due to high water.
February 2018FloodEl Paso-Water was over Sandy Ford Road off of El Pas Road.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindEl Paso-A power line was blown down. Additionally, some large limbs were blown down.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindEl Paso-A roof was blown off of a horse barn, a chimney was damaged on a nearby home, and some trees were damaged.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindEl Paso-Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a barn.
August 1993HailEl Paso-Thunderstorm winds downed some power lines.
May 2020HailEl Paso-no account filed
December 2012HailEl Paso-no account filed
March 2008HailEl Paso-no account filed
August 2008HailEl Paso-no account filed
April 2004HailEl Paso-no account filed
June 2001HailEl Paso-no account filed
June 2001HailEl Paso-no account filed
January 1999Tornado (F2)El Paso-no account filed
January 1999Tornado (F1)El Paso-no account filed
May 1999HailEl Paso-no account filed
June 1999HailEl Paso-no account filed
May 1998HailEl Paso-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindEl Paso-no account filed
December 1996Thunderstorm WindEl Paso-no account filed
December 1996Funnel CloudEl Paso-no account filed

Every storm recorded in White 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
Hammondsville3.2 miles11
Sunrise (historical)5.6 miles10
Romance8.3 miles11
Floyd8.3 miles10
Barrentine Corner8.9 miles10
Antioch9.5 miles10
Essex (historical)10.4 miles10
Brundige (historical)11.2 miles10

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 El PasoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5351755The 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 76862. 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.