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Lamar, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Pittsburg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72846. The Survey maps it on the Clarksville quadrangle. 1,719 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 440 feet above sea level.

Lamar within Johnson County

On record in Lamar

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

Population over time

3 figures

Lamar grew from 1,415 to 1,719 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.

YearPeople Change
20001,415
20101,605+190 (+13%)
20201,719+114 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

63 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Lamar between 1997 and 2020, burning about 222 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined24
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2004Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2004Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lamar: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Johnson County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

27 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lamar in 27 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 14 thunderstorm wind, 9 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2017Tornado (EF1)Lamar$20,000An EF-1 tornado touched down at Lamar, with severe roof damage to a home.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindLamar$20,000A tree was blown down onto a car. No one was injured.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindLamar$15,000Large trees and power lines were down in Lamar.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindLamar$10,000Large trees were blown down.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindLamar$10,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindLamar$1,000Large limbs were blown down.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindLamar-Trees were blown down in Lamar.
August 2018Flash FloodLamar-Flash flooding occurred on Arkansas Hwy 123 near the intersection of U.S. Hwy 64.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindLamar-Trees were down on Cabin Creek Rd. in Lamar.
August 2018HailLamar-Quarter sized hail fell in Lamar.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindLamar-A large tree limb was reported down.
March 2011HailLamar-The maximum hail size was 1 inch in diameter, but most of the hail was 1/4 to 3/8 inch in diameter.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindLamar-Numerous large trees were reported down. One tree fell on a mobile home. Part of the roof was blown off a chicken house.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindLamar-A truss manufacturing business was destroyed.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindLamar-Some trees were blown down.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindLamar-A few trees were blown down.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindLamar-Thunderstorm winds downed some large tree limbs.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindLamar-Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a large metal building, destroyed a farm shed and knocked down trees around Lamar.
May 2013HailLamar-no account filed
June 2008HailLamar-no account filed
May 2007HailLamar-no account filed
November 2003HailLamar-no account filed
May 2001HailLamar-no account filed
June 1999Flash FloodLamar-no account filed
May 1999HailLamar-no account filed
May 1999Flash FloodLamar-no account filed
March 1998HailLamar-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
Knoxville Junction2.2 miles20
Garrett2.8 miles19
Jamestown4.0 miles20
Knoxville4.2 miles19
Clarksville4.7 miles20
Hickeytown4.8 miles19
Holman5.1 miles19
Ludwig5.3 miles13

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 LamarAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79276The 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 77440. 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.