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.
Population over time
3 figuresHatfield 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 402 | |
| 2010 | 413 | +11 (+3%) |
| 2020 | 345 | -68 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1913 USGS De Queen quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Cove quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Cove quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS De Queen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
114 since 1996Regional 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/incendiarism | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.8 acres | Talihina Agency | BEER JOINT |
| 20 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | MILL CREEK |
| 2 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 180 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boar Tusk | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Bee Mountain | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Boar Tusk Mountain Prospect | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Dickey Clay Mfg. Co. Deposit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Rogers Pit | Stone | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Dierks Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Bedded | |
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
36 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatfield | $125,000 | Roofs 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatfield | $50,000 | Roofs of houses were damaged. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatfield | $20,000 | Several county roads in the area were temporarily blocked from overturned trees and power lines. One home was unlivable due to severe roof damage. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatfield | $15,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatfield | $5,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatfield | $1,000 | Large limbs were blown down. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Hatfield | - | Golf-ball sized hail fell in the town of Hatfield. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatfield | - | Large trees were blown down with several small sheds damaged or destroyed. |
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Hatfield | - | Rainfall measured 1.45 inches in 30 minutes. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatfield | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and damaged several farm buildings. |
| October 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatfield | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatfield | - | Thunderstorm winds blew a television antenna off a house. |
| May 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Hatfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Hatfield | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Hatfield | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Hatfield | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Hatfield | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Hatfield | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Hatfield | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Hatfield | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Hatfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatfield | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatfield | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatfield | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Hatfield | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Hatfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Hatfield | - | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Flash Flood | Hatfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Hatfield | - | no account filed |
| December 1999 | Hail | Hatfield | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatfield | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Hatfield | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Hatfield | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Hatfield | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Hatfield | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Hatfield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton Spur (historical) | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Two Mile (historical) | 2.4 miles | 22 | |
| Old Cove | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Lone Valley | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| West Valley | 3.8 miles | 23 | |
| Cove | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Gann (historical) | 4.6 miles | 22 |
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 Hatfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2003655 | 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 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.








