Lonsdale, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Whittington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72087. It stands on Pleasant Run Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lonsdale quadrangle. 103 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 427 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresLonsdale fell from 118 to 103 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 | 118 | |
| 2010 | 94 | -24 (-20%) |
| 2020 | 103 | +9 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1890 USGS Benton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Benton quadrangle1:125000, 5 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
- 1972 USGS Lonsdale quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
100 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Lonsdale between 1997 and 2020, burning about 502 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 33 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Lonsdale: 5 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Talc-Soapstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Congo Pit | Talc-Soapstone | Producer | ||
| No Name | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Old Spanish Diggings | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Baroid Sales Div. | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Chamberlin Creek Syncline | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Cove Creek Syncline | Barium-Barite | Unknown | ||
| Lucinda Creek Syncline | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Magnet Cove Barium Corp. | Barium-Barite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lonsdale in 19 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Lightning | Lonsdale | 1 hurt | An electric utility worker was injured by lightning while putting equipment in his truck. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lonsdale | $50,000 | Some trees and power lines were blown down. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lonsdale | $10,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down near Lonsdale. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lonsdale | $5,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Lonsdale | - | Quarter sized hail fell in Lonsdale. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Lonsdale | - | Golf ball sized hail fell at Lonsdale. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lonsdale | - | A tree was downed onto AR-Highway 128. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lonsdale | - | Trees were down on Highway 128 between Lonsdale and Fountain Lake. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lonsdale | - | Limbs were blown down by winds. |
| December 2002 | Funnel Cloud | Lonsdale | - | A trained weather spotter observed a funnel cloud 2 miles north of Lonsdale. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lonsdale | - | Thunderstorm winds damaged the roofs of a few buildings. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Lonsdale | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Lonsdale | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Hail | Lonsdale | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Lonsdale | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lonsdale | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lonsdale | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lonsdale | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Lonsdale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meaford (historical) | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| High Point (historical) | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Gulpha (historical) | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Price | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Dripping Springs (historical) | 9.2 miles | 14 | |
| Potash Sulphur Springs (historical) | 9.5 miles | 12 | |
| Fountain Lake | 9.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lake Catherine | 10.3 miles | 12 |
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 Lonsdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2357730 | 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 51451. 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.







