Emmet, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Emmet Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71835. The Survey maps it on the Emmet quadrangle. 415 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 318 feet above sea level.
On record in Emmet
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
Emmet Methodist Churchlisted 2009
Ephesus Cemeterylisted 2009
Population over time
2 figuresEmmet fell from 518 to 415 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 | 518 | |
| 2020 | 415 | -103 (-20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1901 USGS Gurdon 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 Emmet quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Hope quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
60 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Emmet between 1998 and 2020, burning about 634 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 13 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 | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 32 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2013 | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Emmet: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hickey Bros Service Station | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| No Name | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Emmet in 15 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 4 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emmet | $245,000 | Two homes suffered heavy roof damage and two large barns were blown down. Also, numerous trees were toppled and broken. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emmet | $50,000 | Numerous trees were downed in the community of Emmet, Arkansas. Tim roofs were removed from storage facilities. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emmet | $50,000 | Several chicken houses were damaged. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emmet | $15,000 | A tree was downed on a vehicle on Hwy. 299 east of Emmitt, Arkansas. There was no report of injuries. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Emmet | - | Widespread flash flooding was reported across Nevada County. Multiple county roads were flooded and closed, with several bridges washed out. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Emmet | - | Approximately 1.2 miles of Highway 67 south of Prescott was closed in both directions due to flooding. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Emmet | - | Quarter size hail fell in Emmet. |
| December 2015 | Hail | Emmet | - | Golfball sized hail was reported in the Emmet, Arkansas community. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emmet | - | Highway 299 was closed due to downed trees east of Emmet, Arkansas. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emmet | - | Trees downed. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Emmet | - | Motorists were stranded along Highway 299 between Emmit and Laneburg due to high water. |
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | Emmet | - | Hwy 53 and 299 were barricaded due to high flood waters. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Emmet | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Emmet | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Emmet | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midway | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Harmony | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Sutton | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Clayton (historical) | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Prescott | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Laneburg | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Azor | 9.6 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 9.8 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 Emmet | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79520 | 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 48893. 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.







