Marianna, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Independence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72360. The Survey maps it on the Marianna quadrangle. 3,575 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 226 feet above sea level.
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On record in Marianna
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 10 records
Elks Clublisted 1979
Gen. Robert E. Lee Monumentlisted 1996
Lee County Courthouselisted 1995
Marianna Commercial Historic Districtlisted 2001
Marianna Missouri-Pacific Depotlisted 1994
Marianna National Guard Armorylisted 2007
Marianna Waterworkslisted 2007
McClintock Houselisted 1982
McClintock Houselisted 1977
John A. Plummer Houselisted 1998
Population over time
3 figuresMarianna grew from 627 to 3,575 between 1880 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 627 | |
| 2010 | 4,115 | |
| 2020 | 3,575 | -540 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1940 USGS Marianna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Marianna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Helena quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Marianna quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Helena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Marianna between 1994 and 2013, burning about 25 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.1 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | TAYLOR |
| 13 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 March 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | CABIN ROAD |
| 24 March 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | WEST FIRE |
| 19 March 1994 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | KEISLING |
| 12 March 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | BEAR CREEK LAKE |
| 9 February 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | PICKETT 1 |
| 15 January 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | SNOOPY |
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 Marianna: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
31 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marianna in 31 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marianna | 1 killed, $5,000 | A tree was blown over and fell on a car killing the driver. Other trees and power lines were knocked down. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marianna | $25,000 | Roof partially peeled off of a retail building on Chestnut Street. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marianna | $20,000 | Power poles knocked down between Brickeys and Marianna. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marianna | $20,000 | Trees and power lines were knocked down in both Marianna and Aubrey. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marianna | $15,000 | Three homes suffered minor damage. A large door on a farm shop was blown in. A small storage building overturned and rolled. Some farm equipment was moved around. Some trees and power lines were knocked down as well. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marianna | $10,000 | Several broken utility poles on Chestnut Street in Marianna. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marianna | $10,000 | Straight line winds damaged trailers and knocked down trees along Highway 1, just south of Marianna. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marianna | $5,000 | Several power lines were knocked down. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marianna | $5,000 | Some trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marianna | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees and blew a car off the road. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marianna | $4,000 | Straight line winds blew several trees and power lines down in Marianna. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Marianna | $2,000 | Quarter hail fell along Highway 79, 5 miles west of Marianna. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marianna | $2,000 | no account filed |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Marianna | $1,000 | Several streets were flooded in the downtown section of Marianna. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Marianna | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Marianna | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Marianna | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Marianna | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marianna | $500 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees and power lines. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Marianna | $10 | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Marianna | $10 | no account filed |
| January 2023 | Flash Flood | Marianna | - | Highway 79 was closed in both directions in Marianna. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Marianna | - | Golf ball size hail fell near Marianna. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Marianna | - | Heavy rain resulted in flooding on Highway 79 in Marianna. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Marianna | - | High water temporarily blocked Highway 79, near the railroad trestle, in Marianna. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marianna | - | Straight line winds knocked a few trees and power poles down in Marianna. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Marianna | - | Heavy rain produced flash flooding near Marianna. Creeks and ditches that run into the L'Anguille River were overflowing between Highway 1 and the river, northwest of Marianna. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Marianna | - | Quarter to ping pong ball size hail fell near Highway 79 just west of Marianna. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Marianna | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Marianna | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Marianna | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Felton | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Oakwood | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Scott Valley | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Greer Place | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Wrightland | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Jeffersonville | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Canaan | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Soudan | 6.3 miles | 17 |
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 Marianna | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79582 | 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 58123. 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.









