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Newark, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Big Bottom-Wycough-Logan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72562. It stands on Thompson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newark quadrangle. 1,180 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 292 feet above sea level.

Newark within Independence County

On record in Newark

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Newark grew from 1,176 to 1,180 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,176
20201,180+4 (+0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

29 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Newark between 1999 and 2016, burning about 496 acres in total. None 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 burning10
Arson/incendiarism10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1999Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2006Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined45 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 June 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 June 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 May 2012Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Independence County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Newark: 4 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
River Sand & Gravel DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unk Gravel Pits 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Independence County

Storms near this place

33 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newark in 33 storm reports between 1993 and 2017: 14 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 4 tornado, 1 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
April 2010Thunderstorm WindNewark$75,000A mobile home was destroyed when a large oak tree fell on it. An equipment shed was destroyed, causing damage to the farm equipment stored inside it.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindNewark$5,000Multiple trees were blown down.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindNewark$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindNewark$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindNewark-Numerous trees were reported blown down in Newark.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindNewark-Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees at Newark.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindNewark-Trees down.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindNewark-Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power lines.
December 2002Tornado (F0)Newark-A weak tornado touched down briefly in eastern Independence County. The tornado caused minimal damage, with just a few trees snapped off.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindNewark-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines around Newark.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindNewark-Thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees around Newark.
May 2000Tornado (F0)Newark-A weak tornado affected areas near Newark in Independence County. The tornado ripped the roof off of a mobile home and blew out a few windows. A house nearby also had some windows blown out. A large tree fell on another house, but caused only minor damage to the roof. A few trees and power lines were blown down, and some roof shingles were removed from a couple of homes.
June 1994HailNewark-Thunderstorm winds blew the roofs off several barns.
June 2013HailNewark-no account filed
December 2012HailNewark-no account filed
December 2012HailNewark-no account filed
May 2011HailNewark-no account filed
March 2010HailNewark-no account filed
April 2009HailNewark-no account filed
April 2009HailNewark-no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindNewark-no account filed
April 2005HailNewark-no account filed
April 2005HailNewark-no account filed
July 2004Flash FloodNewark-no account filed
May 2002HailNewark-no account filed
July 2000HailNewark-no account filed
January 1999Tornado (F2)Newark-no account filed
January 1999HailNewark-no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindNewark-no account filed
May 1996HailNewark-no account filed
July 1996Tornado (F0)Newark-no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindNewark-no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindNewark-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Independence 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
Magness2.1 miles14
Mount Zion2.1 miles14
Akron (historical)2.5 miles14
Mount Carmel2.9 miles14
Underwood (historical)3.4 miles14
Paroquet4.5 miles13
Sulphur Rock4.6 miles20
Oil Trough5.0 miles14

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 NewarkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q80165The 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 52751. 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.