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.
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
Dover to Clarksville Road Road -Hickeytown Road Segmentlisted 2005
St. Paul Lutheran Schoollisted 1999- Cabin Creek Bridgelisted 2023
Population over time
3 figuresLamar 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,415 | |
| 2010 | 1,605 | +190 (+13%) |
| 2020 | 1,719 | +114 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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 Clarksville quadrangle1:24000, 3 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 Clarksville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
63 since 1997Regional 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/undetermined | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2004 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Lamar | $20,000 | An EF-1 tornado touched down at Lamar, with severe roof damage to a home. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | $20,000 | A tree was blown down onto a car. No one was injured. |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | $15,000 | Large trees and power lines were down in Lamar. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | $10,000 | Large trees were blown down. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | $10,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | $1,000 | Large limbs were blown down. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | - | Trees were blown down in Lamar. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Lamar | - | Flash flooding occurred on Arkansas Hwy 123 near the intersection of U.S. Hwy 64. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | - | Trees were down on Cabin Creek Rd. in Lamar. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Lamar | - | Quarter sized hail fell in Lamar. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | - | A large tree limb was reported down. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Lamar | - | The maximum hail size was 1 inch in diameter, but most of the hail was 1/4 to 3/8 inch in diameter. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | - | Numerous large trees were reported down. One tree fell on a mobile home. Part of the roof was blown off a chicken house. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | - | A truss manufacturing business was destroyed. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | - | Some trees were blown down. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | - | A few trees were blown down. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some large tree limbs. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | - | Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a large metal building, destroyed a farm shed and knocked down trees around Lamar. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| November 2003 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Flash Flood | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Flash Flood | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Lamar | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxville Junction | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Garrett | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Jamestown | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Knoxville | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Clarksville | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| Hickeytown | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Holman | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Ludwig | 5.3 miles | 13 |
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 Lamar | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79276 | 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 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.









