Ozan, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Ozan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71855. The Survey maps it on the Washington quadrangle. 50 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 387 feet above sea level.
On record in Ozan
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 1 record
Population over time
2 figuresOzan fell from 85 to 50 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 | 85 | |
| 2020 | 50 | -35 (-41%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1951 USGS Washington quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Hope quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
41 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Ozan between 1997 and 2018, burning about 404 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 15 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 | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2012 | Natural | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ozan: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample Site | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Saratoga Chalk Mine & Mill | Limestone, Dimension | Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ozan in 16 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 7 hail, 4 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Ozan | $250,000 | Numerous county roads were underwater and closed, including County Roads 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 54, 333, 57, 198, 118 west, 50, 56, 189, 205, 254, 246, 243 and at Allen's Ferry Landing. Many of these roads were washed out. |
| November 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Ozan | $70,000 | OES chased a funnel cloud from just southeast of Alpine, southeastward across extreme eastern Howard County into Hempstead County. The funnel lowered throughout the chase until it touched down and was classified as a tornado 5.5 miles south of Nashville, AR. Damage initially consisted of broken and felled trees. The tornado then moved over cleared pastureland and intensified on CR318 between Hwy 4 and CR 44; totally destroying several chicken coups...leaving the chickens untouched...felling a tree onto a car, and slightly damaging a house. The tornado then began to weaken and rapidly dissipated. Skywarn spotters living in the area, the Hempstead County Judge and OES were eyewitnesses to the event. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozan | $20,000 | Report of two damaged chicken houses on CR 1310 between Ozan and Nashville, Arkansas. |
| July 2010 | Lightning | Ozan | $20,000 | A strong thunderstorm developed over a pasture and lightning struck a tree with a herd of cattle standing underneath the tree. Approximately a dozen cows were killed. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Ozan | - | Golf ball size hail reported in the town of Ozan. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Ozan | - | Hail up to ping pong ball size reported near Ozan via social media. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Ozan | - | Highway 278 was flooded just southeast of the Ozan community. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Ozan | - | Hempstead Road 1315 was flooded and closed due to a washed out culvert. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Ozan | - | County Road 333 was flooded and closed due to rushing water from the Middle Fork Ozan Creek. A car attempted to cross the flooded roadway and stalled in the high water. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozan | - | Trees downed in the community of Yancy. |
| March 1993 | Hail | Ozan | - | Hail up to baseball-size covered the ground. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Ozan | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Ozan | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Ozan | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Ozan | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozan | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy (historical) | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Clow | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Bellair | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Yancy | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Jakajones (historical) | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Washington | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| McCaskill | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Compton (historical) | 7.0 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 Ozan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79518 | 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 53119. 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.






