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Flippin, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marion County Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72634. It stands on Crane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cotter quadrangle. 1,345 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 633 feet above sea level.

Flippin within Marion County

On record in Flippin

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

3 figures

Flippin fell from 1,357 to 1,345 between 2000 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
20001,357
20101,355-2 (-0%)
20201,345-10 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

39 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Flippin between 1997 and 2020, burning about 419 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning13
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
4 July 2001Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 May 2012Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined61 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 April 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Flippin: 10 occurrences, 9 unknowns, 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Corbin Iron DepositIronOccurrence
Erie Ozark MineLead, ZincUnknown
Flippin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Flippin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Monkey Hill MineLead, ZincUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Kenneth Mcdowell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Marion County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Marion County Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

36 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flippin in 36 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 18 thunderstorm wind, 15 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
October 2014Thunderstorm WindFlippin$25,000Many power lines were blown down.
March 2010HailFlippin$25,000Half dollar to ping pong ball size hail fell for about 2 minutes, damaging some vehicles.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindFlippin$25,000A barn was destroyed on County Road 5014.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindFlippin$10,000Part of a roof was removed from a home and some vehicles were damaged.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindFlippin$8,000Two buildings sustained minor wind damage from severe thunderstorms that moved through the area.
November 2024Flash FloodFlippin-Flooding reported by Fire Department and Rescue occurred in the town of Flippin.
June 2023HailFlippin-An mPING report of dime sized hail fell near Flippin.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindFlippin-Trees were blown down in Flippin.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindFlippin-A number of trees and power lines were down along Arkansas Highway 202 west of Flippin.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindFlippin-Numerous trees and power line were down in the area. Large limbs fell onto several homes, but no structural damage occurred.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindFlippin-A large tree was blown down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindFlippin-Thunderstorm winds blew down some large tree limbs.
April 2003Tornado (F1)Flippin-A weak tornado touched down about 7 miles southeast of Flippin and traveled to the northeast into Baxter County. Damage consisted of a number of large trees being blown down.
January 2002Thunderstorm WindFlippin-Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees and caused roof damage to several homes. A couple of barns were also blown down.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindFlippin-A few trees were knocked down.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindFlippin-Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees and power lines.
April 2023HailFlippin-no account filed
June 2018HailFlippin-no account filed
July 2011HailFlippin-no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindFlippin-no account filed
April 2006HailFlippin-no account filed
July 2004HailFlippin-no account filed
May 2003HailFlippin-no account filed
January 2002HailFlippin-no account filed
April 2001HailFlippin-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindFlippin-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindFlippin-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindFlippin-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindFlippin-no account filed
August 1999HailFlippin-no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindFlippin-no account filed
May 1998HailFlippin-no account filed
July 1998Flash FloodFlippin-no account filed
March 1996HailFlippin-no account filed
November 1995HailFlippin-no account filed
May 1994HailFlippin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marion 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
Fairview3.8 miles18
Stone (historical)4.7 miles17
Kingdom Springs (historical)4.9 miles17
Rea Valley5.0 miles17
Summit5.3 miles17
Yellville5.9 miles16
Bull Shoals7.3 miles18
Hand Valley7.5 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 FlippinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79342The 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 76941. 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.