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Huntington, Arkansas

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Township 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72940. It stands on Coop Creek. The Survey maps it on the Huntington quadrangle. 490 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 636 feet above sea level.

Huntington within Sebastian County

On record in Huntington

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Huntington fell from 635 to 490 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
2010635
2020490-145 (-23%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

129 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Huntington between 1997 and 2020, burning about 782 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 15 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined50
Debris and open burning41
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural7
Smoking4
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
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sebastian County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Huntington: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Sebastian County PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Sebastian County

Storms near this place

23 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huntington in 23 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 tornado, 1 lightning. 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
November 2022Tornado (EF1)Huntington$400,000This tornado developed south of Mansfield where trees were blown down and outbuildings were damaged on Johnnie Cake Way. It moved north across Mansfield and across the east side of Huntington. Sixteen homes were damaged in Mansfield, several significantly. Trees were snapped or uprooted, and power poles were blown down. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 105 to 110 mph.
July 2023Tornado (EF1)Huntington$100,000This tornado developed on the northwest side of Mansfield, where trees were damaged. It moved southeast across the west and south sides of town. Trees were uprooted, numerous large tree limbs were snapped throughout town, poles were blown down, and homes were damaged. Trees fell onto several homes, severely damaging them. South of Mansfield, the tornado moved south-southeast uprooting a number of trees along and east of Highway 378, before dissipating on the east side of Lake Spur. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph.
January 2018Tornado (EF1)Huntington$50,000This tornado developed on the northwest side of Huntington near the water treatment plant where it uprooted trees and destroyed a metal-framed structure. The tornado moved northeast damaging the roof of a mobile home, damaging a couple chicken houses, blowing down power lines, and uprooting trees. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 85 to 95 mph.
August 2006LightningHuntington$25,000Lightning struck a house and started a fire.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindHuntington$20,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees, one of which fell on a home.
April 2015HailHuntington$15,000no account filed
April 1994Thunderstorm WindHuntington$5,000Several trees were blown down.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindHuntington$3,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down power lines.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindHuntington$500Several trees were blown down in Huntington.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindHuntington$300Several trees were blown over in Huntington.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHuntington-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees.
December 2023Thunderstorm WindHuntington-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto Highway 71 on the north side of town.
June 2022FloodHuntington-A nearly half mile long section of Highway 71 was closed in both directions due to flooding.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindHuntington-Emergency management estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph with large tree limbs blown down.
May 2011HailHuntington-no account filed
April 2011HailHuntington-no account filed
April 2011HailHuntington-no account filed
February 2009Thunderstorm WindHuntington-no account filed
December 2003HailHuntington-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindHuntington-no account filed
February 1999Thunderstorm WindHuntington-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindHuntington-no account filed
May 1998HailHuntington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sebastian 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
Mansfield1.7 miles24
Fox Hill1.8 miles24
Dill Place (historical)2.4 miles24
Arkola2.4 miles24
Dayton2.9 miles22
Witcherville3.8 miles22
Crossroads4.0 miles22
Liberty4.1 miles22

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 HuntingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79619The 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 50422. 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.