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Mountainburg, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in District 13. It lies in ZIP code area 72946. It stands on Warloop Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mountainburg quadrangle. 528 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 751 feet above sea level.

Mountainburg within Crawford County

On record in Mountainburg

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 1 record

Population over time

10 figures

Mountainburg grew from 213 to 528 between 1930 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
1930213
1940185-28 (-13%)
1950405+220 (+119%)
1960402-3 (-1%)
1970524+122 (+30%)
1980595+71 (+14%)
1990488-107 (-18%)
2000682+194 (+40%)
2010631-51 (-7%)
2020528-103 (-16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

87 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Mountainburg between 1994 and 2020, burning about 842 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 10 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
Debris and open burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural3
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2012Natural1.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsWARLOOP
5 August 2005Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 1999Smoking3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Storms near this place

60 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mountainburg in 72 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 33 hail, 31 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 1 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
August 2019Flash FloodMountainburg$100,000Ash Street bridge in Mountainburg was washed out by flood water.
August 2019Flash FloodMountainburg$50,000Multiple homes were flooded with up to fourteen inches of water.
May 2025HailMountainburg$15,000Ping pong ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
June 2025HailMountainburg$15,000Half dollar size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
April 2020HailMountainburg$5,000Ping pong ball size hail damaged vehicles.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMountainburg$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged a barn and snapped large tree limbs.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMountainburg$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs and power lines.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindMountainburg$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindMountainburg$1,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down power lines.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindMountainburg$1,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew out a window of a home.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindMountainburg$1,000Thunderstorm winds blew trees and business signs down.
September 1996Thunderstorm WindMountainburg$1,000no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindMountainburg$800Several large trees were blown down near Mountainburg, and the flag pole at city hall was blown over.
January 2000Thunderstorm WindMountainburg$100Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindMountainburg$100Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindMountainburg-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees onto Highway 71 in Mountainburg.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindMountainburg-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree on Highway 71, southwest of Mountainburg.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMountainburg-Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured to 71 mph.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMountainburg-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMountainburg-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to be more than 75 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMountainburg-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree, and snapped large tree limbs.
May 2022Flash FloodMountainburg-Highway 282 was flooded and closed at Frog Bayou.
April 2021Flash FloodMountainburg-Portions Highway 282 were closed due to flooding.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindMountainburg-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees north of Mountainburg.
August 2019Flash FloodMountainburg-Portions of Highway 282 were flooded and closed.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindMountainburg-Thunderstorm winds were estimated to 60 mph in Mountainburg.
December 2015FloodMountainburg-Highway 282 southwest of Mountainburg was closed due to flooding.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindMountainburg-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindMountainburg-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down a large tree limb.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindMountainburg-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down numerous large tree limbs.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindMountainburg-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindMountainburg-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a tree.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindMountainburg-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
April 1999Flash FloodMountainburg-Low-water crossings were flooded near Mountainburg
May 1997HailMountainburg-A severe thunderstorm produced dime size hail at Mountainburg.
November 1996Flash FloodMountainburg-Thunderstorms during the evening of November 6th and early morning of November 7th produced widespread rainfall amounts of 3 to 6 inches across northwest Arkansas which resulted in flash flooding. In Benton County, street flooding occurred in Bentonville, a car was washed off a road 2 miles south of Lowell near the community of Bethel Heights, and numerous roads were flooded throughout the county. In Crawford County, street flooding occurred in Van Buren and in Mountainburg, and low water crossings and low-lying areas in Mountainburg were also flooded. In Madison County, State Highway 16 was flooded along the White River in the southern part of the county, and the intersection of State Highways 16 and 23 2 miles northeast of St. Paul was flooded. County roads and bridges were also flooded in and near Clifty. In Sebastian County, widespread street flooding occurred in and near Fort Smith, and State Highways 378 and 45 were flooded in the western and southern parts of the county. 3 to 4 feet of water covered State Highway 45 near Bonanza. In Washington County, low-lying areas and numerous county roads were flooded in and near Fayetteville. In Carroll County, street flooding occurred in Green Forest.
October 1995HailMountainburg-A severe thunderstorm in Crawford County produced dime-size hail at Uniontown and eight miles north of Mountainburg.
March 2024HailMountainburg-no account filed
March 2024HailMountainburg-no account filed
March 2022HailMountainburg-no account filed
April 2014HailMountainburg-no account filed
April 2014HailMountainburg-no account filed
September 2013HailMountainburg-no account filed
September 2013HailMountainburg-no account filed
February 2009HailMountainburg-no account filed
August 2009HailMountainburg-no account filed
March 2008HailMountainburg-no account filed
May 2008HailMountainburg-no account filed
May 2007HailMountainburg-no account filed
April 2006HailMountainburg-no account filed
April 2006HailMountainburg-no account filed
September 2006HailMountainburg-no account filed
April 2005HailMountainburg-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindMountainburg-no account filed
May 2003HailMountainburg-no account filed
May 2003HailMountainburg-no account filed
May 2003HailMountainburg-no account filed
July 2003HailMountainburg-no account filed
February 2001Thunderstorm WindMountainburg-no account filed
November 2001Thunderstorm WindMountainburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Crawford 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
Cain2.5 miles17
Chester3.2 miles16
Graphic4.5 miles17
Belmont (historical)5.3 miles17
Maddux Spring5.4 miles16
Lancaster (historical)5.5 miles17
Locke5.6 miles16
Armada (historical)5.8 miles16

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 MountainburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79327The 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 77771. 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.

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.