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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.

Hoxie within Lawrence County

Population over time

2 figures

Hoxie 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,780
20202,598-182 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

48 since 2004

Regional 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 burning29
Arson/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural1
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
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 July 2006Natural60 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 June 2009Debris and open burning80 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence 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 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkLead, ZincPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this place

26 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2017Thunderstorm WindHoxie$75,000Tree fell on house on Gum Street in Walnut Ridge.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindHoxie$50,000Straight-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 1998Thunderstorm WindHoxie$40,000A 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 2006Thunderstorm WindHoxie$15,000A 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 1996Tornado (F0)Hoxie$10,000no account filed
March 1996Thunderstorm WindHoxie$10,000no account filed
September 2002FloodHoxie$1,000One classroom at an elementary school was flooded.
July 2000HailHoxie$750Hail was covering the ground.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindHoxie$500Thunderstorm winds damaged a number of tree limbs.
January 1999Tornado (F0)Hoxie$50A tornado briefly touched down just west of Hoxie producing little damage.
March 2006HailHoxie$10no account filed
April 2026HailHoxie-Golf ball sized hail fell in Hoxie.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHoxie-A trained spotter measured a 66 mph wind gust in the town of Hoxie.
August 2023HailHoxie-Half dollar sized hail fell in the town of Hoxie.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHoxie-Several trees fell across the county including a tree falling onto a mobile home in Hoxie.
October 2022HailHoxie-Nickel and quarter size hail was reported on the west side of Hoxie.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindHoxie-A storm spotter reported a 63 mph wind gust 3 miles northeast of Minturn.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindHoxie-A personal weather station measured a 61 mph wind gust.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindHoxie-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 2019Thunderstorm WindHoxie-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 2015Thunderstorm WindHoxie-Straight line winds blew the roof off a barn in Hoxie and knocked down several large trees in Walnut Ridge.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindHoxie-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 2010HailHoxie-Penny to quarter size hail fell west of Hoxie.
July 1994HailHoxie-Hail up to quarter-size damaged a soybean crop.
May 2014HailHoxie-no account filed
May 2010HailHoxie-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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
Walnut Ridge1.6 miles14
Aa Junction2.8 miles14
Dicus3.6 miles14
Arbor Grove4.4 miles12
Lindsey4.7 miles10
Ponders5.4 miles14
Portia5.5 miles12
College City5.5 miles12

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 HoxieAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q80009The 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.