Parkdale, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 2002. It stands in De Bastrop Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71661. The Survey maps it on the Wilmot quadrangle. 172 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 118 feet above sea level.
On record in Parkdale
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
Dr. M. C. Hawkins Houselisted 1996
Parkdale Baptist Church-AS0051listed 2007
Parkdale Methodist Churchlisted 2007
Dr. Robert George Williams Houselisted 1984
Population over time
2 figuresParkdale fell from 277 to 172 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 | 277 | |
| 2020 | 172 | -105 (-38%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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 Wilmot quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Wilmot quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Wilmot quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Crossett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2002 USGS Wilmot quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Parkdale between 1992 and 2015, burning about 133 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Overflow National Wildlife Refuge | FARM FIRE #1 |
| 10 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Overflow National Wildlife Refuge | ARFSR-FY15-WF-OVERFLOW FOOTE FIRE |
| 1 August 2011 | Natural | 21 acres | Overflow National Wildlife Refuge | BEAVER KILL |
| 20 May 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 December 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 November 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 November 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 54 acres | Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge | OVO |
| 28 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Overflow National Wildlife Refuge | HEADQUATERS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parkdale in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Parkdale | $20,000 | Heavy rain caused several roads to flood between Portland and Wilmot. Some homes flooded as well. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkdale | $15,000 | A couple of power poles were broken along US Highway 165 just north of Parkdale. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Parkdale | $15,000 | A few homes and automobiles were damaged. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkdale | $10,000 | Power lines were reported down. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkdale | $10,000 | Power lines were blown down in Parkdale and in a couple other spots around the county. |
| September 2011 | Flash Flood | Parkdale | $10,000 | Several roads were under water across southeast Ashley County. Radar estimated 4 to 6 inches of rain fell across this area. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkdale | $5,000 | Trees were blown down along Arkansas Highway 8 in Parkdale. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkdale | $4,000 | A few trees and large limbs were blown down on power lines. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkdale | $3,000 | Two trees were blown down between Parkdale and Wilmot. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Parkdale | $3,000 | Heavy rain brought some street flooding in Parkdale. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Parkdale | - | Quarter size hail fell along US Highway 165. |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkdale | - | A couple trees were blown down on Highway 8 between Hamburg and Parkdale. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Parkdale | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Parkdale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Wilmot | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Millers Chapel | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Jackson (historical) | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Kimball | 7.4 miles | 17 | |
| Portland | 8.2 miles | 16 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 9.5 miles | 16 | |
| Matoka (historical) | 10.1 miles | 16 |
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 Parkdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79320 | 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 77951. 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.
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.






