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Highfill, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Township 5. It lies in ZIP code area 72734. The Survey maps it on the Centerton quadrangle. 1,587 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,352 feet above sea level.

Highfill within Benton County

On record in Highfill

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Highfill grew from 583 to 1,587 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
2010583
20201,587+1,004 (+172%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

28 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Highfill between 1998 and 2019, burning about 1,373 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined994 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionHONEY CREEK
15 August 2012Natural25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 July 2011Equipment and vehicle use16 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Highfill: 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Lead. 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
Unknown - Zn/PbZinc, LeadPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Benton County

Storms near this place

28 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Highfill in 28 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 14 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 4 flash flood, 3 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 1999LightningHighfill1 hurtA man was injured when lightning struck a company trailer that he was unloading at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindHighfill$1,000,00099 mile an hour thunderstorm winds did serious damage to three hangars and a few planes at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport.
June 2025Tornado (EF1)Highfill$500,000This tornado developed just west of True Road, south of Daniels Road, where trees were uprooted. It moved northeast, severely damaging the northern portion of five chicken houses, and then crossed Daniels Road into a subdivision of homes. Several homes in the southeast section of this subdivision received significant structural damage to their roofs, and numerous others received minor damage to their roofs. The tornado continued to move east-northeast after it crossed Mason Valley Road, and uprooted trees near the intersection of Vaughn Road and Wagner Road, before dissipating. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindHighfill$60,000High winds blew over an 84,000-square-foot airplane hangar under construction at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport. There was also minor damage to an existing hangar at the airport. The ASOS at the airport measured a peak wind gust of 46 knots (53 mph).
April 2025HailHighfill$50,000Ping pong ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
April 2026HailHighfill$25,000Golf ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
May 2015Tornado (EF1)Highfill$25,000This tornado damaged barns and uprooted trees. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindHighfill$10,000Strong thunderstorm wind gusts damaged a building near the Northwest Arkansas Region Airport (XNA).
April 2023Thunderstorm WindHighfill$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and damaged a horse shed.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindHighfill$5,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour did significant damage to a storage building and minor damage to two poultry houses. A power pole and power line were also blown down.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindHighfill$5,000Wind damage resulted from a thunderstorm at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport. A bridge which stretched from the airport terminal to a jet was damaged when it was blown into an adjacent bridge. A few roof tiles were blown off of the terminal when the bridge was dislodged.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindHighfill$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down multiple trees and power lines.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindHighfill$1,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees, and damaged the roof of a barn.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindHighfill$1,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew a portion of the metal roof off of a barn.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindHighfill$1,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew shingles off of a shed in Highfill.
October 2019Flash FloodHighfill-Portions of several roads were flooded and closed near Highfill, including Highway 12 from Highfill to Gentry, and Highway 264 from Atkins Road to the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport.
October 2019Flash FloodHighfill-Portions of Highway 12 were flooded around Highfill. One person was rescued from the flood water.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindHighfill-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a small tree onto Highway 12, and snapped numerous large tree limbs in and around town.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindHighfill-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree.
August 2013Flash FloodHighfill-Highway 264 was closed near the entrance to Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport due to high water over roadway.
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Highfill-Several people reported a brief tornado over open country. No damage resulted from this tornado.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindHighfill-The automated observing equipment at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport recorded a 64 mile an hour wind gust.
February 1999Flash FloodHighfill-Water covered AR Hwy 264 near Highfill, blocking access to the new Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport. The NWS Cooperative Observer 2 miles south of Bentonville reported 2.22 inches of rain for the 24-hour period ending at 7 AM February 7. A clogged drain may have led to this flooding report.
August 2025HailHighfill-no account filed
June 2008HailHighfill-no account filed
March 2004HailHighfill-no account filed
November 2001Thunderstorm WindHighfill-no account filed
April 1993HailHighfill-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
Hoover (historical)1.1 miles17
Mason Valley2.8 miles17
Castleville (historical)2.8 miles17
Eagle Corner2.8 miles17
Crown (historical)3.0 miles16
Rocky Comfort3.0 miles17
Springtown3.5 miles16
Healing Springs4.2 miles17

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 HighfillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2206867The 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 57923. 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.