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Humphrey, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Henton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72073. The Survey maps it on the Humphrey quadrangle. 463 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 190 feet above sea level.

Humphrey within Arkansas County

Population over time

3 figures

Humphrey grew from 380 to 463 between 1910 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
1910380
2010557
2020463-94 (-17%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

3 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Humphrey between 1999 and 2020, burning about 31 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 November 2005Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Arkansas County

Storms near this place

19 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Humphrey in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flood, 1 tornado. 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindHumphrey$5,000Siding and shingles were blown off a house.
May 2025FloodHumphrey-Minor river flooding was observed at Houston along the Fourche LaFave River.
April 2025Heavy RainHumphrey-A rockslide completely blocked the road leading to the top of Mt. Nebo which is AR-Highway 155.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindHumphrey-Numerous powerlines were knocked down near the community of Humphrey, AR.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindHumphrey-The town of Redfield sustained several downed trees and powerlines. Additionally, damage occurred to a mobile home from the severe winds and a tree fell onto a church.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHumphrey-Numerous trees were blown down in Humphrey.
April 2020HailHumphrey-Quarter size hail was reported in Humphrey.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindHumphrey-Several trees were down as well as a few power lines.
August 2016FloodHumphrey-Heavy rainfall caused flooding on the Saline River 8/15-16/16.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindHumphrey-Large limbs and trees were down.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHumphrey-Large tree limbs were reported down.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindHumphrey-Trees and large tree limbs were downed, and lawn furniture was blown around.
November 2004Tornado (F0)Humphrey-The weak tornado that touched down in the southwest city limits of Humphrey, in Jefferson County, moved into Arkansas County near the downtown area. The tornado continued to track through the city before dissipating less than a mile northeast of town. It should be noted that the center of Humphrey is located on the Arkansas/Jefferson County line. As far as damage, the tornado shifted a mobile home off of its foundation, with the roof of an agricultural storage building partially torn off. Several homes sustained roof damage and some large tree limbs were blown down.
July 2008HailHumphrey-no account filed
August 2008HailHumphrey-no account filed
October 2004HailHumphrey-no account filed
March 2002HailHumphrey-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindHumphrey-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindHumphrey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Arkansas 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
Roberts (historical)3.2 miles15
Abeles (historical)4.9 miles14
Goldman5.9 miles14
Vallier7.6 miles15
Ricusky9.6 miles14
Stuttgart9.8 miles15
West Bayou (historical)9.9 miles15
South Stuttgart10.1 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 HumphreyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79668The 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 57958. 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.

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.