Hot Springs, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Hot Springs Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71901. It stands on Hot Springs Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Hot Springs North quadrangle. 37,930 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 597 feet above sea level.
On record in Hot Springs
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 12 of 82 shown
Bathhouse RowNational Historic Landmark · listed 1974
Walter Beauchamp Houselisted 1994
Belding-Gaines Cemeterylisted 1993
Bellaire Court Historic Districtlisted 2004
W. C. Brown Houselisted 1986
Butchie's Drive-Inlisted 2004
Central Methodist Episcopal Church Southlisted 2011
Citizens Buildinglisted 1979
Bill Clinton Boyhood Homelisted 1995
Cottage Courts Historic Districtlisted 2004
Cove Tourist Courtlisted 2004
Doherty Houselisted 1978
Population over time
2 figuresHot Springs grew from 35,193 to 37,930 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 35,193 | |
| 2020 | 37,930 | +2,737 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1890 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hot Springs North quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Lake Ouachita quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
161 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Hot Springs between 1993 and 2020, burning about 568 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 37 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 | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Hot Springs National Park | VEHICLE WF |
| 23 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Hot Springs: 13 past producers, 7 producers, 1 occurrence. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Clay, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Name | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Potash Sulfur Springs | Niobium (Columbium) | Occurrence | ||
| Hot Springs Mill | Silica | Producer | ||
| Mc Earl Mine | Silica | Producer | ||
| Natural Hones Mill | Silica | Producer | ||
| No Name | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| No Name | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| No Name | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
26 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hot Springs in 26 storm reports between 1993 and 1995: 14 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail. 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hot Springs | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power lines. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hot Springs | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees and power lines. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hot Springs | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Hot Springs | $5,000 | Golf ball-size hail broke several car windshields. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hot Springs | $500 | The tops of some trees were broken off. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hot Springs | $500 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree that blocked a road in Hot Springs. |
| October 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hot Springs | - | Winds gusted to 69 mph at the Hot Springs Airport. Some tree limbs were also blown down. |
| October 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hot Springs | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| November 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hot Springs | - | Several trees were blown down, resulting in power outages. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hot Springs | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees in the western part of Hot Springs. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hot Springs | - | Some trees were blown down. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hot Springs | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines and tore the roof off a storage building. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hot Springs | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines and tore the roof off a storage building. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Hot Springs | - | Lightning struck an apartment building in Hot Springs which resulted in a fire. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hot Springs | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hot Springs | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines and tore the roof off a storage building. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Hot Springs | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down some tree limbs. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Hot Springs | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power lines. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Hot Springs | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power lines. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Hot Springs | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Hot Springs | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Hot Springs | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Hot Springs | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Hot Springs | - | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Hail | Hot Springs | - | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Hail | Hot Springs | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Euclid Heights | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Spring Lake (historical) | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Piney | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Bonanza Springs (historical) | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Dripping Springs (historical) | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Rockwell | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Lake Catherine | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Potash Sulphur Springs (historical) | 5.3 miles | 12 |
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 Hot Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79924 | 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 77237. 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.







