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.
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
Akron Cemeterylisted 2002
Dearing Houselisted 1976
Population over time
2 figuresNewark 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,176 | |
| 2020 | 1,180 | +4 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1935 USGS Newport quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Newark quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Newark quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Newport quadrangle1:62500
- 1966 USGS Newport quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 1999Regional 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 burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 May 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Sand & Gravel Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk Gravel Pits 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
33 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | $75,000 | A 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | $5,000 | Multiple trees were blown down. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | - | Numerous trees were reported blown down in Newark. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees at Newark. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | - | Trees down. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power lines. |
| December 2002 | Tornado (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 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines around Newark. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees around Newark. |
| May 2000 | Tornado (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 1994 | Hail | Newark | - | Thunderstorm winds blew the roofs off several barns. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Newark | - | no account filed |
| December 2012 | Hail | Newark | - | no account filed |
| December 2012 | Hail | Newark | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Newark | - | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Hail | Newark | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Newark | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Newark | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Newark | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Newark | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Newark | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Newark | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Newark | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Tornado (F2) | Newark | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Newark | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Newark | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Newark | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magness | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Zion | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Akron (historical) | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Carmel | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Underwood (historical) | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Paroquet | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Sulphur Rock | 4.6 miles | 20 | |
| Oil Trough | 5.0 miles | 14 |
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 Newark | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q80165 | 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 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.







