BlockGeorgetown, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Dogwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72143. It stands on Deep Bank Slough. The Survey maps it on the Georgetown quadrangle. 81 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 203 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresGeorgetown fell from 126 to 81 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 126 | |
| 2010 | 124 | -2 (-2%) |
| 2020 | 81 | -43 (-35%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1935 USGS Gregory quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Gregory quadrangle1:62500
- 1968 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1972 USGS Gregory quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Georgetown between 2003 and 2017, burning about 44 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 December 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 November 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Georgetown: 2 unknowns. 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.
Storms near this place
26 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Georgetown in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 17 flood, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | $40,000 | Trees were blown down. One of the trees fell on a house. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | $25,000 | Trees were blown down in the Georgetown area. One of the trees landed on an unoccupied vehicle. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Georgetown | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | $10,000 | Trees wee down in Georgetown including a tree on a home. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | $10,000 | Trees and power lines were down in Georgetown, including a tree down on a home. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Georgetown | $10,000 | Very heavy rainfall in April and into early May caused the White River at Georgetown to rise above flood stage. During the morning hours on the 6th, this river rose to record levels, surpassing the old record set in early February, 1949, by over a foot. |
| April 2012 | Flood | Georgetown | $5,000 | Heavy rainfall at the end of March pushed the White River at Georgetown above flood stage through the 8th of April. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | $5,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| April 2025 | Flood | Georgetown | - | Major river flooding was observed at Georgetown along the White River. |
| May 2025 | Flood | Georgetown | - | Minor river flooding was observed at Georgetown along the White River. |
| May 2025 | Flood | Georgetown | - | Major river flooding was observed at Georgetown along the White River. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Georgetown | - | Minor flooding was observed along the White River at Georgetown. |
| June 2025 | Flood | Georgetown | - | Minor river flooding was observed at Georgetown along the White River. |
| March 2020 | Flood | Georgetown | - | Flooding continued from February into March on the White River at Georgetown. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Georgetown | - | Heavy rain brought flooding to the White River at Georgetown on February 11 that continued through the end of the month. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Georgetown | - | Heavy rain brought flooding to the White River. |
| March 2018 | Flood | Georgetown | - | Heavy rain in late February brought flooding to the White River at Georgetown that continued into early March. |
| April 2017 | Heavy Rain | Georgetown | - | The 24 hour rainfall total was 7.82 inches. |
| January 2016 | Flood | Georgetown | - | The White River at Georgetown remained above flood stage from December, and continued in flood stage into February. |
| April 2015 | Flood | Georgetown | - | Heavy rainfall caused the White River at Georgetown to rise above flood stage around noon on the 10th. This river fell back below flood stage during the evening hours of the 22nd. |
| April 2015 | Flood | Georgetown | - | Continued heavy rainfall kept the White River at Georgetown above flood stage from March into April. This river fell back below flood stage during the afternoon hours of the 5th. |
| March 2015 | Flood | Georgetown | - | Heavy rainfall caused the White River at Georgetown to rise above flood stage during the morning hours on the 16th, remaining above flood stage through the end of the month and into April. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Georgetown | - | The White River at Georgetown rose above flood stage during the evening hours of the 16th, falling back below flood stage during the morning hours of the 28th. |
| May 2011 | Heavy Rain | Georgetown | - | The reporting station at Georgetown recorded the wettest May ever. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Georgetown | - | A weak tornado touched down just to the northeast of Georgetown and moved across the White River. The only damage noted were several large trees that were knocked down. The tornado continued moving northeast into Woodruff County. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a few power lines. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enright | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Wranes (historical) | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Nimmo | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Barber (historical) | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Pryor | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Andrews | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Showalters Corner | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Ellen (historical) | 7.3 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 Georgetown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2661270 | 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 57810. 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.