Keo, Arkansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Lafayette Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72083. The Survey maps it on the Keo quadrangle. 207 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 230 feet above sea level.
On record in Keo
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
Keo Commercial Historic Districtlisted 2011
Population over time
3 figuresKeo fell from 235 to 207 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 235 | |
| 2010 | 256 | +21 (+9%) |
| 2020 | 207 | -49 (-19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 18 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.
- 1891 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Camp Pike quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1939 USGS Keo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Keo quadrangle1:31680
- 1941 USGS Keo quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Keo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Keo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Keo between 2000 and 2017, burning about 67 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 May 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 December 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Keo: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England Pit & Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keo in 15 storm reports between 1994 and 2017: 8 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Keo | $100,000 | This tornado exited Pulaski County 2.9 miles east of Wampoo and entered Lonoke County 3.1 miles south of Keo. Much of the tornado's track was across farm fields. However, trees were knocked down in several tree lines. A couple of miles north of England, a farm shop was destroyed, and a second farm shop, tractor shed, and house were damaged. |
| April 2017 | Heavy Rain | Keo | - | The 24 hour rainfall total was 3.67 inches. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keo | - | A tree was reported down. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keo | - | Large limbs were down across Walter Estes Road. |
| November 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Keo | - | A weak F0 tornado touched down north of Keo and tracked to the northeast for about 8.6 miles before dissipating. Two homes sustained roof damage and a portion of a barn roof was blown off. Several tall trees were snapped off and a few power poles were blown down. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Keo | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Keo | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keo | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Keo | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keo | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Keo | - | no account filed |
| November 1995 | Hail | Keo | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Keo | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Keo | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Keo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cobbs | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Wabbel | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Willow Belle | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Toltec | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| England | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Hamiter | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Boyd (historical) | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Blakemore | 6.7 miles | 15 |
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 Keo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2580662 | 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 50819. 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.












