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Garfield, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Township 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72732. It lies near Glasscock Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Garfield quadrangle. 593 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,490 feet above sea level.

Garfield within Benton County

On record in Garfield

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Garfield grew from 502 to 593 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
2010502
2020593+91 (+18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

95 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Garfield between 1995 and 2020, burning about 3,174 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 42 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/incendiarism42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Natural10
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

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
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresPea Ridge National Military ParkFUELBURN
5 September 2012Naturalunder an acrePea Ridge National Military ParkKOA CAMPGROUND
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePea Ridge National Military ParkTOURROAD
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresPea Ridge National Military ParkNIGHTTIME
2 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePea Ridge National Military ParkFORD ROAD WF
4 August 2012Natural5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePea Ridge National Military Park19 DODD ROAD WF
19 August 2001Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Garfield: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, 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
Jack Holt QuarriesStone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Benton County

Storms near this place

31 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garfield in 31 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
May 1998LightningGarfield1 hurtA 16-year old girl was struck by lightning along Shaffer Road in Garfield. The victim was listed in stable condition next day.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindGarfield$100,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged a marina on Beaver Lake near Lost Bridge Village and blew down several trees.
April 2023HailGarfield$75,000Hen egg size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
April 2024Tornado (EF1)Garfield$40,000This tornado developed north of Highway 62, over the far southeastern portion of Pea Ridge National Military Park. It moved east, damaging the roof of two homes, destroying an outbuilding, and uprooting trees on Alvin Seamster Road. Tree damage was noted as far east as Pinebrooke Road, and the tornado dissipated before reaching Highway 62. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this tornado was 90 to 100 mph.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindGarfield$25,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour overturned a mobile home and downed several trees.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindGarfield$15,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roof of a building, and uprooted a number of trees.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindGarfield$15,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto a house.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindGarfield$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged a mobile home, uprooted trees, and snapped numerous large tree limbs.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindGarfield$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds damaged a metal storage shed.
May 2017HailGarfield$5,000no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindGarfield$3,000no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindGarfield$1,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles per hour blew trees down and onto power lines causing power outages.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindGarfield$300Several large tree were blown down, and one large tree was blown onto a roadway, blocking traffic
May 2001Thunderstorm WindGarfield$100Thunderstorm winds blew a few large trees down.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindGarfield$100Thunderstorm winds blew down a few large trees.
October 1998Thunderstorm WindGarfield$100A large tree was blown down over a road.
April 2024Tornado (EF1)Garfield-This tornado developed over the northeastern side of Pea Ridge National Military Park, northwest of Elkhorn Tavern. It moved east-northeast uprooting numerous trees on N Old Wire Road, and Limekiln Road. The tornado dissipated east of Limekiln Road. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGarfield-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree near Highway 62 and Highway 127.
April 2021Flash FloodGarfield-Portions of Highway 127 in Garfield were closed due to flooding.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindGarfield-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous large tree limbs.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindGarfield-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several large trees.
July 2008Flash FloodGarfield-Heavy rain caused Highway 62 near Garfield to be closed due to high water.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindGarfield-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several trees.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindGarfield-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a tree down.
March 2025HailGarfield-no account filed
February 2023HailGarfield-no account filed
August 2021HailGarfield-no account filed
May 2017HailGarfield-no account filed
April 2008HailGarfield-no account filed
April 2006HailGarfield-no account filed
August 2001HailGarfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Benton 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
Hill Top1.4 miles15
Elkhorn Tavern2.2 miles18
Osborn (historical)2.9 miles15
Walnut Hill2.9 miles15
Hurd (historical)3.0 miles15
Gateway3.7 miles15
Leetown4.1 miles18
Vista Shores4.1 miles15

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 GarfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2462368The 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 76997. 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.