Patmos, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Bodcaw Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71801. The Survey maps it on the Patmos quadrangle. 57 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 328 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresPatmos fell from 61 to 57 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 | 61 | |
| 2010 | 64 | +3 (+5%) |
| 2020 | 57 | -7 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1951 USGS Patmos quadrangle1:24000, 4 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
101 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Patmos between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,204 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 24 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 Patmos: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Patmos in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Patmos | $60,000 | This was a continuation of the tornado which first touched down in northern Lafayette County. Damage consisted of several trees uprooted and damage to a chicken house. Damage occurred on Hwy 355 about 1 mile east of Hwy 29. A porch was torn off one brick home and one home suffered shingle damage. An 18-wheeler and a cattle trailer was overturned as well. The tornado was rated an EF0 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. Damage Indicator (DI): Small barns and outbuildings. Degree of Damage (DOD): Loss of wood or metal roofs. |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Patmos | $15,000 | Damage consisted of numerous snapped and fallen small trees. One barn was severely damaged and two chicken barns were destroyed. |
| January 2024 | Flash Flood | Patmos | - | Numerous roads were flooded across Hempstead County. |
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Patmos | - | Several trees were downed in and around the Patmos community. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Patmos | - | Numerous trees were downed north of Lewisville, Arkansas. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Patmos | - | A large oak tree was downed in the Patmos community. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Patmos | - | Trees were downed along Highway 355 near Patmos, Arkansas. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Patmos | - | Several large trees down. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Patmos | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Patmos | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Patmos | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hennessey (historical) | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| New Hope | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Sardis (historical) | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Alton (historical) | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Coler | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Evening Shade | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Spring Hill | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Shover Springs | 7.9 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 Patmos | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3317123 | 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 53213. 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.






