Hot Springs Village, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71909. The Survey maps it on the Goosepond Mountain quadrangle. 15,861 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 784 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHot Springs Village grew from 12,807 to 15,861 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 | 12,807 | |
| 2020 | 15,861 | +3,054 (+24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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 Benton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Benton 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
- 1972 USGS Goosepond Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
145 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Hot Springs Village between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,051 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 48 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 | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Hot Springs Village: 7 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium, Quartz. 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 | Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Quartz Processing Corp. Quarry | Quartz | Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Colemans Mill | Silica | Producer | ||
| Dierks Tract No 3 | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Hamilton Hill | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Hogan Green Area | Silica | Unknown | ||
| Miller Mountain Quarry | Silica | Producer |
Storms near this place
24 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hot Springs Village in 24 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 14 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hot Springs Village | $100,000 | A communication tower was snapped in half in Hot Springs Village. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hot Springs Village | $100,000 | Three large pine trees fell on a home in Hot Springs Village. A pine tree fell on a golf course. Also, an 80-foot tree fell on a home. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hot Springs Village | $40,000 | Trees were knocked down and a couple of houses were damaged. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hot Springs Village | $25,000 | Trees and power lines were down across the area. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hot Springs Village | $5,000 | Trees fell on a house. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Hot Springs Village | - | Hen Egg sized hail fell near Lake Desoto. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hot Springs Village | - | Numerous trees were blown down in Hot Springs Village. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Hot Springs Village | - | Half-dollar sized hail fell in Hot Springs Village. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Hot Springs Village | - | Quarter-sized hail fell near the community of Hot Springs Village. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Hot Springs Village | - | Quarter size hail fell across the town of Hot Springs Village via mPING report. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Hot Springs Village | - | Baseball size hail fell in Hot Springs Village. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Hot Springs Village | - | Quarter size hail fell across Hot Springs Village per mPING. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hot Springs Village | - | There was a report on social media of trees blown down on the Desoto golf course in Hot Springs Village. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Hot Springs Village | - | Penny size hail covered the ground. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Hot Springs Village | - | Heavy rains caused flash flooding to occur in and around Hot Springs Village. A numbers of streets and area roads were covered by high water for several hours. |
| December 2002 | Flash Flood | Hot Springs Village | - | Heavy rains caused flash flooding to occur in and around Hot Springs Village. A school bus was washed off a nearby road when the driver attempted to drive through the high water. No one else was aboard the bus at the time. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hot Springs Village | - | Thunderstorm winds caused some roof damage in Hot Springs Village. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Hot Springs Village | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Hot Springs Village | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Hot Springs Village | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Hot Springs Village | - | no account filed |
| November 2006 | Hail | Hot Springs Village | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Hot Springs Village | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Hot Springs Village | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaudry (historical) | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Jessieville | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Blue Springs | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Blakely | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Mountain Valley | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Ozark Lithia | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Lena (historical) | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Fountain Lake | 6.9 miles | 14 |
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 Village | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2586340 | 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 72091. 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.







