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Marshall, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It lies in ZIP code area 72650. It lies near Devils Backbone. The Survey maps it on the Marshall quadrangle. 1,329 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,040 feet above sea level.

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Marshall within Searcy County

On record in Marshall

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 12 of 25 shown

Every listing in Searcy County

Population over time

4 figures

Marshall grew from 160 to 1,329 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.

YearPeople Change
1880160
20001,313
20101,355+42 (+3%)
20201,329-26 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

76 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Marshall between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,328 acres in total. None started naturally. 34 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/incendiarism34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Debris and open burning20
Smoking1

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
7 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 April 2002Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 April 2006Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 April 2006Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Searcy County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Marshall: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkClayPast Producer
Searcy County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Searcy County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Searcy County

Storms near this place

57 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marshall in 57 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 35 thunderstorm wind, 19 hail, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 1997Thunderstorm WindMarshall$2,000,000no account filed
March 2008Flash FloodMarshall$1,200,000Localized flooding was reported across the county. The Health Department and Civic Center in Marshall had minor flooding in the building, Arkansas Highway 333 at Gilbert was blocked due to flooding. Part of Arkansas Highway 74 near Calf Creek was washed out.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindMarshall$250,000Numerous trees were blown down, with some trees landing on houses. A boat was flipped over. Houses and businesses were damaged. There were also reports of trees being blown down in other sections of the county.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindMarshall$50,000Thunderstorm winds destroyed a barn.
January 2007Flash FloodMarshall$31,700Several roads across Searcy County were flooded due to heavy rainfall.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMarshall$15,000Multiple trees were blown down along U.S. Highway 65.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindMarshall$10,000Trees were blown down.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindMarshall$6,000Severe thunderstorm winds just over 60 mph downed several trees and damaged the roofs of a few buildings in Marshall.
December 2010Thunderstorm WindMarshall$5,000Several trees were blown down in the city of Marshall.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindMarshall$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindMarshall$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees.
April 1993Thunderstorm WindMarshall$5,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindMarshall$2,000A tree was blown down on U.S. 65.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindMarshall$2,000A tree was down on U.S. Highway 65.
June 2023HailMarshall-Golf ball sized hail fell on the south side of Marshall.
December 2008Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Trees were down on roads across the city.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Debris blocked U.S. Highway 65 just north of Arkansas Highway 74.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree onto a power line.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Thunderstorm winds tore the roof of a barn.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Thunderstorm winds blew down some large tree limbs.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Thunderstorm winds gusting up to 67 mph, knocked down a few trees.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindMarshall-The steel framework of a building under construction was blown down at the county airport in Marshall.
October 1995Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Thunderstorm winds blew down some power lines.
April 1993HailMarshall-Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees.
April 2014HailMarshall-no account filed
April 2011HailMarshall-no account filed
April 2011HailMarshall-no account filed
April 2011HailMarshall-no account filed
March 2011HailMarshall-no account filed
June 2007HailMarshall-no account filed
June 2007HailMarshall-no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindMarshall-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindMarshall-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindMarshall-no account filed
March 2004Thunderstorm WindMarshall-no account filed
April 2004Flash FloodMarshall-no account filed
March 2004Thunderstorm WindMarshall-no account filed
March 2003HailMarshall-no account filed
May 2003HailMarshall-no account filed
May 2003HailMarshall-no account filed
October 2003HailMarshall-no account filed
January 2000Thunderstorm WindMarshall-no account filed
March 2000HailMarshall-no account filed
May 2000HailMarshall-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindMarshall-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindMarshall-no account filed
February 1999Thunderstorm WindMarshall-no account filed
May 1998HailMarshall-no account filed
May 1998HailMarshall-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindMarshall-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindMarshall-no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindMarshall-no account filed
April 1996HailMarshall-no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindMarshall-no account filed
April 1994HailMarshall-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Searcy 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
Jameson (historical)1.5 miles17
Baker1.8 miles15
Martin Box2.5 miles15
Zack3.9 miles17
Lebanon (historical)4.5 miles17
Baker Hollow4.6 miles17
Canaan4.8 miles16
Barren Hollow4.8 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 MarshallAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79515The 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 77601. 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.