Knoxville, Arkansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Howell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72845. The Survey maps it on the Knoxville quadrangle. 660 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 394 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresKnoxville grew from 511 to 660 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 | 511 | |
| 2010 | 731 | +220 (+43%) |
| 2020 | 660 | -71 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1888 USGS Dardanelle #2 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Dardanelle quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Knoxville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
52 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Knoxville between 1998 and 2020, burning about 175 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Knoxville: 6 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk Gravel Quarries 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk Quarries 3 | Stone | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
Storms near this place
21 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Knoxville in 21 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 13 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knoxville | $25,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knoxville | $25,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. Tin was peeled off an old chicken house. A billboard was blown down. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knoxville | $20,000 | Numerous trees were downed, with at least one tree on a house. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Knoxville | $20,000 | Two houses were evacuated due to high water. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knoxville | - | Multiple trees knocked down in Knoxville. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knoxville | - | Multiple trees fell across the town of Knoxville. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knoxville | - | Multiple trees down in Knoxville. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knoxville | - | Trees were blown down in Knoxville. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Knoxville | - | Flash flooding was reported in the city of Knoxville in Johnson County. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knoxville | - | Trees were uprooted or snapped off. Several homes had roof damage. The roofs of several buildings were damaged, including that of an elementary school. Several outbuildings were damaged or destroyed. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knoxville | - | Strong winds snapped several limbs off a tree. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Knoxville | - | Water was reported over old Highway 64. |
| June 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Knoxville | - | An F0 tornado touched down on the southwest side of the town of Knoxville. The tornado moved to the northeast and quickly lifted about 0.20 of a mile northeast of Knoxville. The only damage noted along the path of the tornado was several trees that were blown down. A couple of outbuildings were also destroyed. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knoxville | - | Thunderstorm winds tore part of the roof off a chicken house. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Knoxville | - | no account filed |
| January 2002 | Hail | Knoxville | - | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knoxville | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knoxville | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Knoxville | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knoxville | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Knoxville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Knoxville Junction | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Bend | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Hickeytown | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Piney | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Lamar | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Jamestown | 6.7 miles | 20 | |
| Spadra | 7.5 miles | 20 |
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 Knoxville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79289 | 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 58027. 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.









