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Lincoln, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72744. The Survey maps it on the Lincoln quadrangle. 2,294 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,473 feet above sea level.

Lincoln within Washington County

On record in Lincoln

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

Population over time

2 figures

Lincoln grew from 2,249 to 2,294 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,249
20202,294+45 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

26 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Lincoln between 1998 and 2020, burning about 304 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined9
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1

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
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2004Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

41 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lincoln in 41 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 20 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 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
May 2025Tornado (EF1)Lincoln$100,000This tornado developed along W South Street and moved across the south side of Lincoln. It moved east-northeast until it crossed County Road 438, then moved east. The tornado crossed Hogeye Road, turning northeast before dissipating east of Highway 265. The tornado damaged homes, several severely, uprooted or snapped numerous trees, snapped power poles, and destroyed outbuildings. It produced a tornadic debris signature from the KSRX WSR-88D. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 100 to 110 mph.
April 2026HailLincoln$50,000Golf ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
April 2011Flash FloodLincoln$50,000Many roads in and around town were closed due to high water and some homes received flood damage. Three to four inches of rain occurred in about two hours.
September 2025HailLincoln$25,000Ping pong ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
April 2026HailLincoln$20,000Half dollar size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
April 2026HailLincoln$20,000Half dollar size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindLincoln$10,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged some of the fencing and some of the stands at the high school football stadium.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindLincoln$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees, and damaged the roof of a home.
March 2015HailLincoln$5,000no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindLincoln$3,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour did minor damage to the roof of a school building.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindLincoln$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs and blew down a few power poles.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLincoln$2,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down numerous large tree limbs and damaged a chicken house.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindLincoln$1,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees. The trees fell onto power lines.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindLincoln$500Pieces of barn on road near Lincoln
November 1998Thunderstorm WindLincoln$100Several large tree limbs were blown down.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindLincoln$100no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindLincoln-Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees and snapped large tree limbs.
May 2025Tornado (EF1)Lincoln-This tornado developed north of Highway 62, and moved east for a short time. A tornadic debris signature was noted for two minutes from the KSRX WSR-88D. The tornado uprooted trees. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph.
December 2021Flash FloodLincoln-Emergency management reported several roads in and around Lincoln were flooded.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindLincoln-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindLincoln-Law enforcement estimated a 60 mile an hour thunderstorm wind gust.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindLincoln-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous trees.
July 2007Flash FloodLincoln-Heavy rains caused water to flow over Highway 62 to the east of Lincoln. Secondary roads were flooded south of Lincoln.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindLincoln-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindLincoln-Strong thunderstorm winds blew down trees.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindLincoln-A severe thunderstorm produced 60 mile an hour winds which blew down large tree limbs in Lincoln.
June 2023HailLincoln-no account filed
September 2023HailLincoln-no account filed
April 2008HailLincoln-no account filed
March 2008HailLincoln-no account filed
May 2008HailLincoln-no account filed
June 2007HailLincoln-no account filed
September 2006HailLincoln-no account filed
September 2006HailLincoln-no account filed
April 2004HailLincoln-no account filed
May 2003HailLincoln-no account filed
May 2002HailLincoln-no account filed
May 1998HailLincoln-no account filed
May 1995HailLincoln-no account filed
April 1994HailLincoln-no account filed
October 1993HailLincoln-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Suttle2.3 miles15
Canehill3.2 miles15
Clyde4.1 miles15
Summers4.2 miles15
Rhea4.6 miles17
Sexton (historical)5.0 miles17
Prairie Grove5.9 miles16
Dutch Mills6.2 miles15

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 LincolnAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q80068The 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 77500. 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.

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.