Eureka Springs, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Western Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72632. It lies near Mount Oberammergau. The Survey maps it on the Eureka Springs quadrangle. 2,166 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,260 feet above sea level.
On record in Eureka Springs
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 12 of 14 shown
Concord School Houselisted 2009
Crescent Hotellisted 2016
Eureka Springs Auditoriumlisted 1970
Eureka Springs Historic District (Boundary Increase)listed 1979
Lake Leatherwood Park Historic Districtlisted 1998
Lake Leatherwood Recreational Facilitieslisted 1992
Mulladay Hollow Bridgelisted 1990
Quigley's Castlelisted 2003
Sanitarium Lake Bridges Historic Districtlisted 2010
Tall Pines Motor Innlisted 1999
Thorncrown Chapellisted 2000
U.S. 62 White River Bridgelisted 2008
Population over time
2 figuresEureka Springs grew from 2,073 to 2,166 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 | 2,073 | |
| 2020 | 2,166 | +93 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 12 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.
- 1900 USGS Eureka Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Eureka Springs quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Eureka Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
94 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Eureka Springs between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,630 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 30 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 | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 2006 | Natural | 13 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 April 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 April 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 90 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 April 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 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 Eureka Springs: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings River Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eureka Springs in 10 storm reports between 1994 and 1995: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. The reports record 10 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1995 | Hail | Eureka Springs | 10 hurt | Severe thunderstorms moved across northwest Arkansas during the evening of May 24th. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 miles an hour in Bloomer, and hail ranging from nickel to golf ball-size fell at Eureka Springs. The hail injured approximately ten persons attending an outdoor passion play in Eureka Springs. Dime-size hail fell two miles southeast of Fort Smith, at Jenny Lind, and at Strickler. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka Springs | $500 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka Springs | - | Severe thunderstorms moved across northwest Arkansas during the evening of April 19th. Thunderstorm winds estimated at 100 miles an hour destroyed 1 mobile home and 2 poultry barns 1.5 miles northwest of Gentry, and mobile homes were damaged and trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds 4 miles west of Gentry. Numerous trees were blown down in Gentry by 65 mile an hour winds, and several houses in Gentry received major roof damage. Strong thunderstorm winds blew a tree down onto a house in Pea Ridge, and blew down a power line 6 miles north of Eureka Springs. Dime size hail fell at several locations in northwest Arkansas, and 1 man was injured in Centerton when he was struck by lightning. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Eureka Springs | - | Severe thunderstorms moved across northwest Arkansas during the evening of May 24th. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 miles an hour in Bloomer, and hail ranging from nickel to golf ball-size fell at Eureka Springs. The hail injured approximately ten persons attending an outdoor passion play in Eureka Springs. Dime-size hail fell two miles southeast of Fort Smith, at Jenny Lind, and at Strickler. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Eureka Springs | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Eureka Springs | - | Some trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka Springs | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka Springs | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka Springs | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka Springs | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junction (historical) | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Gaskins (historical) | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Lone Star | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Tunnel (historical) | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Beaver | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Winona Springs (historical) | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Oak Hill | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Holiday Island | 5.8 miles | 12 |
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 Eureka Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79824 | 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 48926. 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.









