Lowell, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Township 1. It lies in ZIP code area 72745. The Survey maps it on the Bentonville South quadrangle. 9,839 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,342 feet above sea level.
On record in Lowell
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 4 records
Pinkston-Mays Store Buildinglisted 1988
Springfield to Fayetteville Road-Cross Hollow Segmentlisted 2005- Green Barnlisted 1988
- Shaw-Blair Houselisted 2020
Population over time
2 figuresLowell grew from 7,327 to 9,839 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7,327 | |
| 2020 | 9,839 | +2,512 (+34%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1899 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1904 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Bentonville South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Lowell between 2001 and 2018, burning about 169 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | BENTON 232 |
| 19 July 2012 | Natural | 22 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | BEN16095542 |
| 9 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lowell: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.
Storms near this place
53 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lowell in 53 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 31 hail, 21 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | 1 hurt, $3,500,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | $150,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind damaged homes, destroyed outbuildings, blew down power poles, and uprooted trees in a broad swath from near Lowell to several miles east of Lowell. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Lowell | $50,000 | Hail up to two inches in diameter damaged homes and vehicles. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Lowell | $50,000 | Golf ball size hail damaged vehicles, homes, and businesses in Springdale. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | $40,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind severely damaged the roof of a mobile home, destroyed portable sheds, broke a large glass window of a business, damaged the roofs of homes, snapped large tree limbs, and blew down power lines. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Lowell | $30,000 | Ping pong ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Lowell | $25,000 | Ping pong ball size hail damage vehicles, homes, and businesses near Springdale. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Lowell | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Lowell | $25,000 | no account filed |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Lowell | $20,000 | Several roads were flooded and closed near Lowell. Flood water damaged 2 homes. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Lowell | $20,000 | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Lowell | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous large tree limbs, power poles, and power lines across town. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Lowell | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Lowell | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Lowell | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Lowell | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Lowell | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs and blew down power lines in Lowell. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a tree down. The tree fell on power lines. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | $500 | Several trees were blown down east of Lowell. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | $100 | Thunderstorm winds blew trees down onto a road. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto a road in northwest Lowell. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and snapped large tree limbs in the Bethel Heights area. |
| March 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees in Bethel Heights. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped or uprooted several trees. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs onto the roadway. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a large tree. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous trees. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| October 2022 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Lowell | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty (historical) | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Cross Hollow | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Vogel (historical) | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Accident | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Freeman (historical) | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Silent Grove | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Frisco | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Frisco Springs (historical) | 2.8 miles | 18 |
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 Lowell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79402 | 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 77562. 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.







