Fountain Hill, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in White Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71642. The Survey maps it on the Fountain Hill quadrangle. 108 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 190 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresFountain Hill fell from 215 to 108 between 1930 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 215 | |
| 2010 | 175 | |
| 2020 | 108 | -67 (-38%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1952 USGS Fountain Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Crossett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
60 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Fountain Hill between 2001 and 2019, burning about 1,430 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 145 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | ASHLEY 179 |
| 29 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 755 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | FOUNTAIN HILL |
| 14 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 44 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Fountain Hill: 42 unknowns, 2 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
23 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fountain Hill in 23 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 9 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Fountain Hill | $5,000,000 | Persistent heavy rains occurred from weakening Hurricane Gustav and dumped 8 to 12 inches of rain across the county. This heavy rainfall caused many roads to flood along with several homes taking in water.||Agriculture was especially hard hit as all of the farmland was flooded. In some cases, entire crops were lost or were substantially damaged where yields were very low. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Fountain Hill | $500,000 | This tornado touched down just southeast of Fountain Hill and was on the ground for 5 miles. Numerous trees, some very large, were uprooted and snapped along the path. A church had a part of its roof blown off and a couple of outbuildings were destroyed. |
| March 1998 | Hail | Fountain Hill | $100,000 | Golfball size hail accumulated three inches deep. The hail damaged roofs of houses and automobiles. |
| July 1997 | Hail | Fountain Hill | $50,000 | Baseball size hail damage a patrol car and several other vehicles. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain Hill | $25,000 | Several trees were blown down with a couple on a woodworking shop. Major damaged occurred to the shop from the downed trees. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain Hill | $20,000 | Numerous trees were blown down across northern Ashley County. Hail of unknown size also fell. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Fountain Hill | $10,000 | All lanes of Highway 8 between log miles 2.4 and 2.6 were closed due to high water. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain Hill | $10,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 160. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain Hill | $10,000 | A few trees and power lines were blown down along Wilson Road in Fountain Hill. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain Hill | $8,000 | A few trees were blown down in the northern part of the county. |
| January 2023 | Flash Flood | Fountain Hill | $5,000 | Water was up to the porch of a house near Fountain Hill. |
| November 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain Hill | $2,000 | A few trees were blown down on powerlines. |
| November 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain Hill | $1,000 | A tree was uprooted in Fountain Hill. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Fountain Hill | - | Quarter size hail fell near Fountain Hill. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain Hill | - | A tree was blown down across Highway 425. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Fountain Hill | - | Quarter size hail reported near Fountain Hill. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Fountain Hill | - | Hail up to the size of quarters fell in the area. |
| May 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Fountain Hill | - | A brief rotating funnel cloud was visible on video sent in from a spotter around Fountain Hill. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Fountain Hill | - | Walnut sized hail was reported west of Fountain Hill. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain Hill | - | A few trees were blown down along Highway 133. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Fountain Hill | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Fountain Hill | - | no account filed |
| January 2008 | Hail | Fountain Hill | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roark | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| Longview Crossing | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Old Milo | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Beech Creek Crossing | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Milo | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Riley | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Promised Land | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Berea | 8.0 miles | 13 |
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 Fountain Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2661786 | 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 76957. 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.



