Oden, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Oden Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71961. It stands on Lick Branch. The Survey maps it on the Oden quadrangle. 180 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 761 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresOden fell from 220 to 180 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 220 | |
| 2010 | 232 | +12 (+5%) |
| 2020 | 180 | -52 (-22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1890 USGS Mount Ida quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1890 USGS Mt Ida quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Oden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lake Ouachita quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Oden quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
71 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Oden between 1992 and 2019, burning about 609 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 39 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/incendiarism | 39 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | FIDDLER #2 |
| 29 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.9 acres | Ouachita National Forest | BRUSHY CREEK |
| 30 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 7.5 acres | Ouachita National Forest | SIMS |
| 28 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | BRILEY #1 |
| 28 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | BRILEY #2 |
| 28 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | BRILEY # 3 |
| 28 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | BRILEY # 4 |
| 28 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | 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 Oden: 4 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Quartz, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoyt-Williams Prospect | Barium-Barite | Unknown | ||
| Magic Presance Mine | Quartz | Past Producer | 1986, 1987 | |
| Mcgrew Mine | Quartz | Producer | 1986, 1988 | |
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
22 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oden in 22 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 heavy rain, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oden | $10,000 | Trees were blown down and trampolines were blown up into trees. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oden | - | Trees were blown down across Brushy Creek Road. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oden | - | A barn was damaged and a tree was blown down onto a house on Ridge Rd. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Oden | - | Pea to dime size hail was reported northwest of Pencil Bluff. |
| September 2020 | Heavy Rain | Oden | - | The Oden RAWS sited measured 5.13 inches of rain since midnight. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Oden | - | This was relayed from the local fire department. |
| April 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Oden | - | A brief tornado was witnessed by Law Enforcement west of Pencil Bluff, or northwest of Oden in western Montgomery County. A cooperative observer also noted several trees down in the area of a shooting range in the Ouachita National Forest property nearby. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oden | - | Several trees were blown down on Hwy 270. |
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Oden | - | Rainfall measured 1.71 inches in two hours. |
| September 2009 | Heavy Rain | Oden | - | Oden broke the record for the greatest rainfall ever recorded in the month of September. |
| March 2004 | Flash Flood | Oden | - | Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding in and around Oden. Several roads and low water crossings were impassible for a few hours due to high water levels. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oden | - | Thunderstorm winds blew over a storage building at Oden. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oden | - | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a farm building. Several buildings also sustained roof damage. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Oden | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Oden | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oden | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Oden | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Oden | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Oden | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Flash Flood | Oden | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Oden | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oden | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hog Jaw | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Whitetown | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Pencil Bluff | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Huddleston | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Gaston | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sims | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Chasewood Landing | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Mauldin | 6.1 miles | 15 |
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 Oden | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2785382 | 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 72920. 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.








