Felsenthal, Arkansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Lapile Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71747. It lies near Gum Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Huttig quadrangle. 85 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 82 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFelsenthal fell from 150 to 85 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 | 150 | |
| 2020 | 85 | -65 (-43%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1934 USGS Felsenthal quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1937 USGS Felsenthal quadrangle1:62500
- 1938 USGS Felsenthal quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Felsenthal quadrangle1:62500, 2 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
- 1981 USGS Huttig quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
61 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Felsenthal between 1995 and 2019, burning about 670 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 11 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 | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.4 acres | Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge | OLD NUMBER 75 FIRE |
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Felsenthal in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Felsenthal | - | Tree downed across a road in the Felsenthal community. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Felsenthal | - | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down near and east of the Felsenthal community, especially along Old Lock 6 Road. Loggers, several residents, and fishermen were trapped by the fallen trees. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Felsenthal | - | Four power poles were broken near the Felsenthal Lock and Dam just east of the Felsenthal community. Power was out between the Felsenthal community and the Lock and Dam, as well as along Old Lock 6 Road. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Felsenthal | - | A tree was downed over the road between Huttig and Felsenthal, Arkansas. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Felsenthal | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dollar Junction | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Huttig | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Bolding | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Old Lapile | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Lapile | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| New Union | 8.4 miles | 19 | |
| Sawmill | 8.6 miles | 16 | |
| Victoria | 9.3 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 Felsenthal | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2661796 | 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 49023. 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.
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.










