Imboden, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Dent Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72434. It stands on Harding Creek. The Survey maps it on the Imboden quadrangle. 640 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 315 feet above sea level.
On record in Imboden
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 3 records
Dr. John Octavius Hatcher Houselisted 1992
Imboden Methodist Episcopal Church, Southlisted 2004
St. Louis-San Francisco Overpasslisted 1990
Population over time
2 figuresImboden fell from 677 to 640 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 | 677 | |
| 2020 | 640 | -37 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1934 USGS Powhatan quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Powhatan quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Imboden quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Cherokee Village quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
71 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Imboden between 1997 and 2018, burning about 629 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 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 Imboden: 9 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc, Dolomite, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Property | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Ben M Hogan | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Campbell Zinc Co's Shaft 1 | Lead, Zinc, Dolomite | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
24 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Imboden in 24 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 11 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imboden | $500,000 | Thunderstorm winds, estimated as high as 90 mph, knocked down numerous trees and power lines. Several trees fell onto cars. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Imboden | $50,000 | A car dealership in Black Rock had many of its vehicles damaged by the hail. |
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imboden | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imboden | $30,000 | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imboden | $20,000 | Several homes and buildings were damaged. Several trees were blown down. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imboden | $15,000 | Several trees down around Imboden. |
| February 2018 | Flash Flood | Imboden | $10,000 | Flooding reported throughout the entire Imboden area. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imboden | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged an outbuilding. |
| November 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imboden | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imboden | $1,000 | Bleachers completely blown over at Sloan-Hendrix baseball field in Imboden. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Imboden | $500 | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Imboden | $110 | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Imboden | $100 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Imboden | $10 | no account filed |
| March 2018 | Hail | Imboden | - | Hail ranged from dime to quarter size. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imboden | - | Estimated 50 to 60 mph gust. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Imboden | - | Heavy rain produced flash flooding around Walnut Ridge. Up to a foot of water covered many secondary roads in the vicinity of Walnut Ridge. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imboden | - | Straight line winds knocked down trees and power lines from Imboden to Black Rock. A tree was knocked on to a home in Black Rock. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Imboden | - | Heavy rain produced flash flooding in Imboden. Highway 62 and Highway 63 were closed due to flooding. |
| September 1993 | Hail | Imboden | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Imboden | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Imboden | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Imboden | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Imboden | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sloan | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Hogan | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Ravenden | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Annieville | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Opposition (historical) | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Denton | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Black Rock | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Frisbee (historical) | 8.1 miles | 9 |
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 Imboden | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2635135 | 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 57965. 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.






