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Norfork, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 11. It lies in ZIP code area 72658. It stands on Morton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Norfork quadrangle. 465 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 476 feet above sea level.

Norfork within Baxter County

On record in Norfork

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 4 records

Population over time

3 figures

Norfork fell from 550 to 465 between 2000 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
2000550
2010511-39 (-7%)
2020465-46 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

82 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Norfork between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,100 acres in total. None started naturally. 36 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/incendiarism36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Debris and open burning20
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsFLOWER CREEK
24 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsMATNEY
9 July 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baxter 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 Norfork: 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Lead, Mercury, Zinc. 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
MeerscheidtLead, Mercury, ZincProspect
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Baxter County

Storms near this place

35 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norfork in 35 storm reports between 1993 and 2018: 18 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
January 2000Thunderstorm WindNorfork1 hurtno account filed
March 1997Tornado (F1)Norfork$25,000no account filed
April 2009Thunderstorm WindNorfork$20,000Trees were down and the awning was blown down at a gas station.
September 1993Thunderstorm WindNorfork$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed some power lines.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindNorfork-Trees were down in Norfork and at the Quarry Campground.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindNorfork-Trees and power lines were blown down.
April 2003Tornado (F1)Norfork-A weak tornado touched down 4 miles southwest of Norfork and traveled to the northeast for about 4.7 miles before lifting. Structural damage with this tornado was limited, but a roof was blown off an old school which is now being used as a foodbank. A carport was also flipped with shingles removed from a few roofs. Numerous trees were blown down along the path of the tornado.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindNorfork-Thunderstorm winds downed some trees on Highway 5.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindNorfork-A few trees were blown down onto a house just south of Norfork.
June 2017HailNorfork-no account filed
March 2015HailNorfork-no account filed
July 2013HailNorfork-no account filed
February 2012HailNorfork-no account filed
May 2011HailNorfork-no account filed
March 2007HailNorfork-no account filed
March 2007HailNorfork-no account filed
March 2006HailNorfork-no account filed
March 2006HailNorfork-no account filed
April 2005Thunderstorm WindNorfork-no account filed
February 2001HailNorfork-no account filed
July 2001HailNorfork-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindNorfork-no account filed
August 2001HailNorfork-no account filed
April 2000HailNorfork-no account filed
May 2000HailNorfork-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindNorfork-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindNorfork-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindNorfork-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindNorfork-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindNorfork-no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindNorfork-no account filed
August 1998HailNorfork-no account filed
June 1996HailNorfork-no account filed
April 1996HailNorfork-no account filed
June 1995HailNorfork-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Baxter 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
Norfork Village1.5 miles17
Chastain (historical)2.4 miles17
Arkana2.6 miles17
Salesville2.7 miles17
Hopewell2.8 miles19
Herron3.2 miles17
Old Joe3.7 miles19
Spencer (historical)3.8 miles18

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 NorforkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79506The 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 77856. 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.