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Farmington, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Farmington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72730. It stands on Farmington Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fayetteville quadrangle. 7,584 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,188 feet above sea level.

Farmington within Washington County

On record in Farmington

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Farmington grew from 5,974 to 7,584 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
20105,974
20207,584+1,610 (+27%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

24 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Farmington between 1998 and 2018, burning about 98 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 1998Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2006Smoking10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 June 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 May 2008Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 April 2007Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 April 2011Debris and open burning1.0 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Farmington: 4 past producers. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

44 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farmington in 44 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 24 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 7 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
July 2022Thunderstorm WindFarmington$150,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged several chicken houses. The strong wind also snapped large tree limbs, one of which fell onto a home and resulted in significant damage.
April 2008HailFarmington$75,000Large hail damaged automobiles and homes.
April 2026HailFarmington$50,000Golf ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
April 2026HailFarmington$50,000Golf ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
July 2010Flash FloodFarmington$40,000High water flooded an assisted living center, resulting in its evacuation.
October 2014LightningFarmington$30,000Lightning struck a house causing a fire in the attic.
August 2024HailFarmington$20,000Ping pong ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindFarmington$10,000Several homes were damaged by large limbs and trees that were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds. Many power lines and poles were also blown down.
July 2010Flash FloodFarmington$10,000Several cars stalled in high flood water.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindFarmington$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged a shed and blew down large tree limbs and power lines.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindFarmington$3,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees and power lines.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindFarmington$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees, and damaged street signs.
May 1999Tornado (F0)Farmington$500There was a brief tornado touchdown in a rural area southwest of Farmington. Damage was limited to trees.
May 2025Flash FloodFarmington-Portions of Highway 265 were flooded.
August 2025Flash FloodFarmington-Portions of several roads were flooded.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindFarmington-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees in Valley View Estates in Farmington.
June 2019Flash FloodFarmington-Portions of Highway 62 were flooded in Fayetteville.
July 2010Flash FloodFarmington-Several streets in town were completely covered by flood waters, resulting in some road closures.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindFarmington-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down a large tree limb.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindFarmington-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 mph blew down trees.
August 2009Flash FloodFarmington-Low lying rural roads were flooded.
September 2006Thunderstorm WindFarmington-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindFarmington-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew trees down.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindFarmington-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
April 1994HailFarmington-Several homes and businesses sustained roof damage.
April 2026HailFarmington-no account filed
May 2024HailFarmington-no account filed
May 2024HailFarmington-no account filed
August 2024HailFarmington-no account filed
August 2024HailFarmington-no account filed
May 2022HailFarmington-no account filed
March 2017HailFarmington-no account filed
August 2009HailFarmington-no account filed
August 2009HailFarmington-no account filed
May 2008HailFarmington-no account filed
September 2006HailFarmington-no account filed
March 2004HailFarmington-no account filed
June 2004HailFarmington-no account filed
August 2003HailFarmington-no account filed
March 2002HailFarmington-no account filed
February 2001HailFarmington-no account filed
August 1998HailFarmington-no account filed
April 1996HailFarmington-no account filed
April 1996HailFarmington-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
Starks1.4 miles18
Appleby1.4 miles19
White Rock2.6 miles18
Walnut Grove2.8 miles18
Fayette Junction3.5 miles19
Jabur (historical)3.6 miles18
McNair3.8 miles19
Wedington Woods4.9 miles18

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 FarmingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79442The 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 76910. 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.