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Norman, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Norman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71960. It lies near Smoky Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Norman quadrangle. 303 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 692 feet above sea level.

Norman within Montgomery County

On record in Norman

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 6 records

Population over time

2 figures

Norman fell from 378 to 303 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
2010378
2020303-75 (-20%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

49 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Norman between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,896 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 8 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use3

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 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresOuachita National ForestVAUGHT MTN.
3 September 2012Natural16 acresOuachita National ForestLABOR DAY
23 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresOuachita National ForestCRYSTAL PARK
8 August 2011Natural63 acresOuachita National ForestFODDERSTACK
4 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresOuachita National ForestMEYERS CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Norman: 6 unknowns, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Quartz, Iron. 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
Donaghey PropertySilverUnknown
Facy HillBarium-BariteProducer
Hawkins DepositIronUnknown
UnknownLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Abernathy Sand & Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Leatherhead MineQuartzProducer1987, 1990
UnknownSilicaUnknown
UnknownSilicaUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Wegner Quartz CrystalsQuartzProducer1986

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

40 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norman in 40 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 18 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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
May 2020Flash FloodNorman$40,000The Montgomery County Sheriff Office reported multiple tents and one vehicle were washed into the Caddo River near the town of Norman. All campers evacuated beforehand and there were no reports of injuries.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindNorman$40,000Trees were blown down on Arkansas 8 near Norman. One of the trees fell on a car. No one was injured.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindNorman$1,000Large limbs were blown down. A storm spotter estimated winds at 60 mph.
April 2026HailNorman-Golf-ball sized hail fell south of Mt. Ida near the town of Norman.
April 2026HailNorman-Quarter-sized hail fell in the town of Norman per HAM radio operators.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindNorman-Trees were blown down across Smoky Hollow Road.
May 2020Heavy RainNorman-Most of the 4.75 inches of rain fell between 11 pm CST and 5 am CST.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindNorman-Trees were down on Highway 27, south of Mount Ida.
May 2020Flash FloodNorman-Owly Road was reported flooded, and Williams Creek had come out of its bank and was running over the bridge nearby.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindNorman-Trees were down on Highway 27, south of Mount Ida.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindNorman-Trees were downed.
March 2018Flash FloodNorman-Several roads in the southern portion of Montgomery County were washed out and impassable.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindNorman-Trees were blown down along Highway 27 south, about a quarter mile outside of Norman.
April 2017Flash FloodNorman-Fire department reported cars floating out of peoples driveways in Norman.
October 2010HailNorman-Hail from quarter size to golf ball size fell.
October 2010HailNorman-Hail fell at the Crystal Recreation Area.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindNorman-Thunderstorm winds downed some power lines.
September 2001Flash FloodNorman-Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding along a Forest Service road 12 miles southwest of Norman .
October 1997Flash FloodNorman-Heavy rains caused flash flooding in and around the Norman area. Numerous roads were covered by high water. A low water bridge was also washed out. A number of homes and businesses were also flooded.
June 2011HailNorman-no account filed
May 2010HailNorman-no account filed
July 2009HailNorman-no account filed
March 2004HailNorman-no account filed
November 2004HailNorman-no account filed
February 2000HailNorman-no account filed
April 2000HailNorman-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindNorman-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindNorman-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindNorman-no account filed
April 1999HailNorman-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindNorman-no account filed
October 1999HailNorman-no account filed
October 1999HailNorman-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindNorman-no account filed
May 1998HailNorman-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindNorman-no account filed
October 1997HailNorman-no account filed
November 1996Flash FloodNorman-no account filed
January 1994HailNorman-no account filed
April 1993HailNorman-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Black Springs1.8 miles16
Manfred3.7 miles16
Ophir3.8 miles16
Owley4.2 miles15
Mimosa4.8 miles15
Caddo Gap5.0 miles16
Hopper6.7 miles17
Plata7.1 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 NormanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2673752The 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 77857. 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.