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Hatfield, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71945. The Survey maps it on the Cove quadrangle. 345 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 984 feet above sea level.

Hatfield within Polk County

Population over time

3 figures

Hatfield fell from 402 to 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
2000402
2010413+11 (+3%)
2020345-68 (-16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

114 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Hatfield between 1996 and 2019, burning about 1,329 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 57 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/incendiarism57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Debris and open burning22
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
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
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.8 acresTalihina AgencyBEER JOINT
20 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOuachita National ForestMILL CREEK
2 September 2002Debris and open burning14 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined180 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Hatfield: 10 past producers, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Barium-Barite. 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
Boar TuskManganeseProspect
Bee MountainBarium-BariteProspect
Boar Tusk Mountain ProspectBarium-BariteProspect
Dickey Clay Mfg. Co. DepositStonePast Producer
Rogers PitStonePast ProducerSurface
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
Dierks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerBedded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

36 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hatfield in 36 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 19 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 WindHatfield$125,000Roofs were partially torn off two chicken houses and there was minor damage to a couple of other chicken house roofs; two old, unused chicken houses were badly damaged; and many trees and some power lines were blown down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindHatfield$50,000Roofs of houses were damaged.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindHatfield$20,000Several county roads in the area were temporarily blocked from overturned trees and power lines. One home was unlivable due to severe roof damage.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindHatfield$15,000Trees were blown down.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindHatfield$5,000Trees were blown down.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindHatfield$1,000Large limbs were blown down.
April 2025HailHatfield-Golf-ball sized hail fell in the town of Hatfield.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindHatfield-Large trees were blown down with several small sheds damaged or destroyed.
August 2014Heavy RainHatfield-Rainfall measured 1.45 inches in 30 minutes.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindHatfield-Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and damaged several farm buildings.
October 1995Thunderstorm WindHatfield-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindHatfield-Thunderstorm winds blew a television antenna off a house.
May 2013Funnel CloudHatfield-no account filed
May 2012HailHatfield-no account filed
April 2011HailHatfield-no account filed
April 2011HailHatfield-no account filed
April 2011HailHatfield-no account filed
August 2008HailHatfield-no account filed
April 2008HailHatfield-no account filed
April 2007HailHatfield-no account filed
April 2007HailHatfield-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindHatfield-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindHatfield-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindHatfield-no account filed
September 2006HailHatfield-no account filed
April 2005HailHatfield-no account filed
May 2005HailHatfield-no account filed
October 2004Flash FloodHatfield-no account filed
May 2003HailHatfield-no account filed
December 1999HailHatfield-no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindHatfield-no account filed
June 1996HailHatfield-no account filed
March 1996HailHatfield-no account filed
April 1996HailHatfield-no account filed
April 1996HailHatfield-no account filed
March 1996HailHatfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
Clayton Spur (historical)0.8 miles16
Pleasant Hill2.1 miles16
Two Mile (historical)2.4 miles22
Old Cove2.7 miles16
Lone Valley3.2 miles16
West Valley3.8 miles23
Cove3.9 miles16
Gann (historical)4.6 miles22

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 HatfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2003655The 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 77144. 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.