Hoxie, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Boas Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72433. It stands on Coon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Walnut Ridge quadrangle. 2,598 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 269 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHoxie fell from 2,780 to 2,598 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 | 2,780 | |
| 2020 | 2,598 | -182 (-7%) |
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.
- 1932 USGS Walnut Ridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Walnut Ridge quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Walnut Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1968 USGS Walnut Ridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1984 USGS Paragould quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
48 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Hoxie between 2004 and 2017, burning about 1,355 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 July 2006 | Natural | 60 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hoxie: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
26 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hoxie in 26 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 14 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoxie | $75,000 | Tree fell on house on Gum Street in Walnut Ridge. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoxie | $50,000 | Straight-line wind damage was noted across the city of Walnut Ridge. Damage consisted of trees uprooted or snapped, power lines blown down, some minor damage to homes, and damage to retail structures along Business Highway 67. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoxie | $40,000 | A 50'x50' section of the roof to an elementary school in Walnut Ridge was blown away. A nearby outbuilding was destroyed. A few homes were also damaged. Several trees were also knocked down. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoxie | $15,000 | A tree fell on a mobile home. A roof over a softball dugout at Hoxie school was damaged. Several power lines and street signs were blown down. |
| January 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Hoxie | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoxie | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Flood | Hoxie | $1,000 | One classroom at an elementary school was flooded. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Hoxie | $750 | Hail was covering the ground. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoxie | $500 | Thunderstorm winds damaged a number of tree limbs. |
| January 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Hoxie | $50 | A tornado briefly touched down just west of Hoxie producing little damage. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Hoxie | $10 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Hoxie | - | Golf ball sized hail fell in Hoxie. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoxie | - | A trained spotter measured a 66 mph wind gust in the town of Hoxie. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Hoxie | - | Half dollar sized hail fell in the town of Hoxie. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoxie | - | Several trees fell across the county including a tree falling onto a mobile home in Hoxie. |
| October 2022 | Hail | Hoxie | - | Nickel and quarter size hail was reported on the west side of Hoxie. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoxie | - | A storm spotter reported a 63 mph wind gust 3 miles northeast of Minturn. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoxie | - | A personal weather station measured a 61 mph wind gust. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoxie | - | Wind gusts knocked over train cars. The train was stopped when the line of storms moved through Hoxie, AR. These were empty grain cars. A total of 15 cars blew over onto their sides, 3 cars were leaning over. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoxie | - | Power poles and trees were down along County Roads 701 and 716 and State Hwy. 91. Structure damage was noted along County Road 701. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoxie | - | Straight line winds blew the roof off a barn in Hoxie and knocked down several large trees in Walnut Ridge. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoxie | - | Straight line winds knocked numerous limbs down in Hoxie. One power pole was also pushed partway over. In addition, a small metal building was destroyed and gutters were torn from a house. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Hoxie | - | Penny to quarter size hail fell west of Hoxie. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Hoxie | - | Hail up to quarter-size damaged a soybean crop. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Hoxie | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Hoxie | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Ridge | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Aa Junction | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Dicus | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Arbor Grove | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Lindsey | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Ponders | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Portia | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| College City | 5.5 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 Hoxie | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q80009 | 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 57952. 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.







