Havana, Arkansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Riley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72842. It stands on Truett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Havana quadrangle. 239 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 381 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresHavana fell from 392 to 239 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 | 392 | |
| 2010 | 375 | -17 (-4%) |
| 2020 | 239 | -136 (-36%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1879 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:62500
- 1887 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Magazine Mountain #4 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Havana quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
77 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Havana between 1992 and 2020, burning about 591 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 29 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 | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | CEDAR CREEK |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Ouachita National Forest | KIRKWOOD |
| 3 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Havana in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 flood. 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Havana | $150,000 | Numerous trees and some power lines were blown down. At least one tree fell on a house. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Havana | $20,000 | A roof was blown to the side of a building in Havana. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Havana | $15,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| September 2009 | Flood | Havana | $10,000 | Heavy rainfall pushed the Petit Jean River above flood stage during the middle of September. Pastures and some county roads were impacted by the high river stages. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Havana | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Havana | - | Trees and power lines were knocked down. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Havana | - | A 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was reported. |
| October 2009 | Flood | Havana | - | Heavy rainfall pushed the Petit Jean River above flood stage at the end of October. |
| November 2009 | Flood | Havana | - | Heavy rainfall at the end of October allowed the Petit Jean River at Danville to remain above flood stage into the beginning of November. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Havana | - | Several trees were blown down at Havana. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Havana | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Havana | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Havana | - | no account filed |
| January 2002 | Hail | Havana | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Havana | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Havana | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Havana | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Havana | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marvinville | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| Walnut Grove | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Riley Creek (historical) | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Belleville | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Hickory Grove | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Waveland | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| Corinth | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Crossroads | 6.0 miles | 18 |
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 Havana | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79644 | 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 71938. 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.
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.










