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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.

Elkins within Washington County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Elkins 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,648
20203,602+954 (+36%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

25 since 1998

Regional 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 burning11
Arson/incendiarism6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 June 2012Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 April 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 April 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 April 2009Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 April 2009Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

30 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2018Thunderstorm WindElkins$25,000Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees, and damaged the roofs of homes and outbuildings.
July 2018HailElkins$25,000no account filed
August 2017HailElkins$20,000no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindElkins$10,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees, damaged a roof, blew down a chimney, and damaged a barn.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindElkins$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree and damaged a barn.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindElkins$5,000no account filed
June 2019Thunderstorm WindElkins$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew shingles off the roof of a home.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindElkins$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree and damaged shingles of a home.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindElkins$500Trees and tree limbs were blown down near Elkins.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindElkins$500Trees and tree limbs were blown down in Elkins.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindElkins-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindElkins-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree on Highway 16.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindElkins-Strong thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph.
May 2015Flash FloodElkins-Low water bridge on 1st St. was impassable due to water over roadway.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindElkins-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindElkins-A storm chaser reported several trees had been uprooted or snapped by strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindElkins-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindElkins-Thunderstorm wind estimated to 60 mph blew down large tree limbs along Highway 16 between Elkins and Durham.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindElkins-Thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 mph were estimated by the public.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Elkins-A storm chaser observed a brief tornado touchdown over open country.
March 2008Flash FloodElkins-A road near Elkins was closed due to high water.
January 2024HailElkins-no account filed
March 2024HailElkins-no account filed
April 2023HailElkins-no account filed
July 2018HailElkins-no account filed
July 2018HailElkins-no account filed
July 2012HailElkins-no account filed
May 2008HailElkins-no account filed
March 1998Thunderstorm WindElkins-no account filed
June 1996HailElkins-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
McGuire (historical)1.7 miles18
Tuttle2.9 miles14
Harris2.9 miles18
Mount Olive3.0 miles14
Strain3.2 miles18
Sulphur City3.4 miles15
Sydenham (historical)3.8 miles18
Durham3.9 miles15

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 ElkinsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79670The 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.