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Horatio, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71842. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Horatio quadrangle. 920 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 404 feet above sea level.

Horatio within Sevier County

Population over time

3 figures

Horatio fell from 997 to 920 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
2000997
20101,044+47 (+5%)
2020920-124 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

42 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Horatio between 1998 and 2018, burning about 315 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 16 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/incendiarism16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning8
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
4 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresPond Creek National Wildlife RefugePOND CREEK WF #1
27 September 2002Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2011Natural1.0 acresPond Creek National Wildlife RefugeG2 FIRE
19 September 2011Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2004Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sevier County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Horatio: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sevier County

Storms near this place

42 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Horatio in 42 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 18 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2011LightningHoratio$150,000Lightning struck a home in Horatio, Arkansas, burning it to the ground. There were no reports of injuries.
May 2001HailHoratio$50,000Numerous cars were dented and windows and windshields broken.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindHoratio$30,000A tree was downed on a house in Horatio, Arkansas. No injuries were reported.
September 2011FloodHoratio$20,000The Horatio Grocery Store located at Main and Hwy. 41 was flooded. Emergency manager reported over 5 inches of rain in just a few hours.
May 1993Thunderstorm WindHoratio$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees.
April 2000Tornado (F1)Horatio$2,000Supercells developed in unstable airmass ahead of a multicellular squall line which moved east across the area. Both the supercells and squall line produced tornadoes. Damage consisted mainly of numerous snapped and fallen small trees. Shingles were partially removed from one roof and a swing set was tossed 100 feet at another home. This tornado moved into Sevier County, AR from Little River County, AR.
February 2023Flash FloodHoratio-Flooding reported on numerous roads near Horatio.
February 2023FloodHoratio-Flooding reported on Randall Road, Central Road, and Williamson Loop.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindHoratio-A tree was blown down in Horatio. Hail was also reported in town, but a size was not known.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindHoratio-Trees and power lines were blown down in Horatio.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindHoratio-Multiple trees were blown down in Horatio.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindHoratio-Several trees were blown down in Horatio.
March 2016HailHoratio-Penny size hail fell in Horatio.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindHoratio-Power lines down in Horatio.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindHoratio-Trees and powerlines were downed across the county but the worst damage to trees was in the Horatio and Lockesburg areas of Sevier County, Arkansas.
May 2015Funnel CloudHoratio-A funnel cloud was reported just north of Horatio.
December 2015Flash FloodHoratio-Metcalf Lane in Horatio was closed due to flash flooding.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindHoratio-Powerlines were downed from strong thunderstorm wind gusts resulting in wide spread power outages.
May 2009Flash FloodHoratio-Excessive heavy rainfall resulted in the closing of Union Road in Horatio, Arkansas.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindHoratio-Wind gust estimated by local Emergency Manager in Horatio, Arkansas.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindHoratio-A few trees were uprooted in town.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindHoratio-Trees were downed on Central Road.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindHoratio-Several large trees down in town.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindHoratio-Several trees were toppled across Hwy 41 south of town.
May 1993HailHoratio-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees.
January 2011HailHoratio-no account filed
January 2011HailHoratio-no account filed
April 2011HailHoratio-no account filed
April 2011HailHoratio-no account filed
September 2011HailHoratio-no account filed
May 2009HailHoratio-no account filed
May 2008HailHoratio-no account filed
April 2008HailHoratio-no account filed
May 2006HailHoratio-no account filed
May 2003HailHoratio-no account filed
May 2003HailHoratio-no account filed
May 2001HailHoratio-no account filed
April 1999HailHoratio-no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindHoratio-no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindHoratio-no account filed
April 1996HailHoratio-no account filed
April 1994HailHoratio-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sevier 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
Neal Springs1.3 miles10
Norwoodville2.0 miles10
Williamson2.7 miles10
Wade3.4 miles11
Walnut Springs3.5 miles10
West Otis4.3 miles11
Dilworth5.7 miles10
Process City5.7 miles14

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 HoratioAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79232The 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 77224. 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.