Lynn, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Morgan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72440. The Survey maps it on the Smithville quadrangle. 258 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 358 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresLynn fell from 315 to 258 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 | 315 | |
| 2010 | 288 | -27 (-9%) |
| 2020 | 258 | -30 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Smithville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Cherokee Village quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Lynn between 1997 and 2018, burning about 338 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 32 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 June 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Lynn: 8 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fannie Richey Place | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Hoppe Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| J.B.Butler | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Poe Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Raney Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Bevens Bloomery | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Clifton E.Cook Property | Iron | Unknown | ||
| James Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Pearl Pen Property | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lynn in 20 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 11 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | $30,000 | Farm shop and lumber yard damaged. Trees uprooted. |
| April 2010 | Flash Flood | Lynn | $25,000 | Heavy rain produced flash flooding all around Lawrence County. At least six inches of water covered roadways near College City. A culvert was washed out on Highway 25, north of Lynn. In addition, Highway 25 between Lynn and Lake Charles was completely underwater as well as Fowler Road in Lawrence County. Both roads were closed as a result. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | $20,000 | A few homes were damaged. Some trees were knocked down. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Lynn | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Lynn | $2,000 | no account filed |
| February 2005 | Hail | Lynn | $1,100 | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Lynn | $1,000 | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Lynn | $150 | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Lynn | $50 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Lynn | $50 | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | - | Multiple trees were downed in the Lynn area. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | - | Several trees were blown down along Highway 25. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | - | Tree limbs were blown down just northeast of Lynn. |
| February 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | - | Straight line winds blew a roof off a house in Lynn. Several trees were uprooted in the area as well. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lynn | - | Straight line winds knocked a tree on to a car near Lynn and also knocked down some power lines. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Lynn | - | Heavy rain produced flash flooding in Lynn. Several roads were flooded. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Lynn | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Lynn | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Lynn | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Lynn | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driftwood | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Eaton | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Jesup | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Strawberry | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Old Martin Mill Place | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Smithville | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Saffell | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Denton | 6.5 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 Lynn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2582333 | 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 51525. 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.




