Elkins, Arkansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Elkins Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72727. The Survey maps it on the Elkins quadrangle. 3,602 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,217 feet above sea level.
On record in Elkins
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 4 records
Maguire-Williams Houselisted 1995
Tom Smith Houselisted 1992
Stokenbury Cemeterylisted 2010
White River Bridge at Elkinslisted 2008
Population over time
2 figuresElkins grew from 2,648 to 3,602 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 | 2,648 | |
| 2020 | 3,602 | +954 (+36%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1899 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1904 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Elkins quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Elkins quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Elkins between 1998 and 2015, burning about 173 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 June 2012 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 April 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 April 2009 | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Elkins: 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 |
Storms near this place
30 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elkins in 30 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 17 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkins | $25,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees, and damaged the roofs of homes and outbuildings. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Elkins | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Elkins | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkins | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees, damaged a roof, blew down a chimney, and damaged a barn. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkins | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree and damaged a barn. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkins | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkins | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew shingles off the roof of a home. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkins | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree and damaged shingles of a home. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkins | $500 | Trees and tree limbs were blown down near Elkins. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkins | $500 | Trees and tree limbs were blown down in Elkins. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkins | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkins | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree on Highway 16. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkins | - | Strong thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Elkins | - | Low water bridge on 1st St. was impassable due to water over roadway. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkins | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkins | - | A storm chaser reported several trees had been uprooted or snapped by strong thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkins | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkins | - | Thunderstorm wind estimated to 60 mph blew down large tree limbs along Highway 16 between Elkins and Durham. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkins | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 mph were estimated by the public. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Elkins | - | A storm chaser observed a brief tornado touchdown over open country. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Elkins | - | A road near Elkins was closed due to high water. |
| January 2024 | Hail | Elkins | - | no account filed |
| March 2024 | Hail | Elkins | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Elkins | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Elkins | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Elkins | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Elkins | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Elkins | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkins | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Elkins | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McGuire (historical) | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Tuttle | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Harris | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Olive | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Strain | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Sulphur City | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Sydenham (historical) | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Durham | 3.9 miles | 15 |
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 Elkins | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79670 | 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 76869. 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.








