BlockPatterson, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cotton Plant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72123. The Survey maps it on the McCrory quadrangle. 310 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 200 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPatterson fell from 452 to 310 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 | 452 | |
| 2020 | 310 | -142 (-31%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1940 USGS Tilton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Tilton quadrangle1:62500
- 1980 USGS Mc Crory quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
26 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Patterson between 1992 and 2017, burning about 326 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Smoking | 29 acres | Central Arkansas Refuges Complex | COLE |
| 21 July 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 June 2004 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Central Arkansas Refuges Complex | HWY260#1 |
| 21 March 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.3 acres | Central Arkansas Refuges Complex | HWY260#2 |
| 20 March 2001 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Central Arkansas Refuges Complex | TRACT 191A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Patterson in 60 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 51 flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 hail. 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 1997 | Tornado (F2) | Patterson | $500,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Flood | Patterson | $20,000 | Heavy rainfall during the spring kept the Cache River at Patterson above flood stage from April through the first half of June. The river finally fell below flood stage during the afternoon hours on the 16th. |
| May 2013 | Flood | Patterson | $10,000 | Heavy springtime rainfall kept the Cache River at Patterson above flood stage from April through all of May, continuing into the month of June. |
| August 2013 | Flood | Patterson | $10,000 | Heavy summertime rainfall caused the Cache River at Patterson to rise above flood stage in late July, and the river then remained above flood stage until the afternoon hours of the 26th. |
| March 2010 | Flood | Patterson | $10,000 | This flooding was a continuation of flooding from February and previous months. Heavy rainfall from previous months kept the Cache River at Patterson above flood stage for several months. The river finally dropped below flood stage during the early morning hours of the 3rd. |
| March 2010 | Flood | Patterson | $10,000 | After finally dropping below flood stage in early March following several months above flood stage, additional rainfall during the middle and end of the month caused the Cache River at Patterson to rise back above flood stage during the early morning hours of the 26th. This river remained above flood stage into April. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Patterson | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Flood | Patterson | $10,000 | no account filed |
| January 2014 | Flood | Patterson | $5,000 | Heavy rainfall in December and early January kept the Cache River at Patterson above flood stage through much of January. The river fell below flood stage during the evening hours of the 27th. |
| June 2014 | Flood | Patterson | $5,000 | Heavy rainfall late in June caused the Cache River at Patterson to rise above flood stage during the morning hours of the 29th. This river remained above flood stage into July. |
| March 2014 | Flood | Patterson | $5,000 | Heavy spring rainfall caused the Cache River at Patterson to rise above flood stage during the afternoon hours of the 8th. The river then remained above flood stage for much of the month, finally falling below flood stage during the early morning hours of the 31st. |
| July 2013 | Flood | Patterson | $5,000 | Heavy rainfall during the latter half of the month caused the Cache River at Patterson to rise above flood stage during the early morning hours on the 24th. This river remained above flood stage into the month of August. |
| December 2013 | Flood | Patterson | $5,000 | Heavy rainfall during the month caused the Cache River at Patterson to rise above flood stage during the evening hours on the 15th. This river remained above flood stage into January. |
| October 2013 | Flood | Patterson | $5,000 | The Cache River at Patterson rose back above flood stage during the evening hours of the 9th, and fell below flood stage during the early afternoon hours of the 15th. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Patterson | $5,000 | Some trees were blown down. |
| July 2010 | Flood | Patterson | $5,000 | Rainfall upstream caused the Cache River at Patterson to rise above flood stage during the early morning hours of the 13th. The river remained above flood stage into August. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Patterson | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Flood | Patterson | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Flood | Patterson | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Flood | Patterson | $2,000 | Heavy spring rainfall caused the Cache River at Patterson to rise just above flood stage during the late evening hours on the 1st, then the river fell back below flood stage during the evening hours on the 4th. |
| September 2010 | Flood | Patterson | $2,000 | The White River at Patterson rose above flood stage on the evening of the 14th, and then remained less than a foot above flood stage through the afternoon of the 19th. |
| July 2011 | Flood | Patterson | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Flood | Patterson | $1,000 | The Cache River at Patterson remained above flood stage from late June into July. This river fell below flood stage during the late evening hours on the 11th. |
| July 2014 | Flood | Patterson | $1,000 | The Cache River at Patterson rose back above flood stage during the morning hours on the 28th, and remained above flood stage into August. |
| October 2014 | Flood | Patterson | $1,000 | Heavy rainfall caused the Cache River at Patterson to rise above flood stage during the evening hours of the 16th. The river then remained above flood stage until the evening hours of the 23rd. |
| November 2013 | Flood | Patterson | $1,000 | Some heavy fall rainfall caused the Cache River at Patterson to rise just above flood stage during the latter half of the month. |
| September 2011 | Flood | Patterson | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Flood | Patterson | - | Heavy rain brought flooding to the Cache River at Patterson in early July. |
| March 2017 | Flood | Patterson | - | Heavy rain brought flooding to the Cache River again on March 28 through the end of the month. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Patterson | - | The Cache River at Patterson remained above flood stage from February through April, falling below flood stage during the morning hours of the 1st. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Patterson | - | The Cache River at Patterson remained above flood stage from the 10th of May before falling back below flood stage during the afternoon hours of the 5th of June. |
| March 2015 | Flood | Patterson | - | Heavy rainfall and melting heavy wintry precipitation caused the Cache River at Patterson to rise above flood stage back in February, remaining above flood stage through all of March and into April. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Patterson | - | The Cache River at Patterson rose above flood stage during the evening hours of the 10th, remaining above flood stage into June. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Patterson | - | The Cache River at Patterson rose above flood stage during the morning hours of the 24th, falling back below flood stage during the morning hours of the 27th. |
| February 2015 | Flood | Patterson | - | Heavy rainfall and melting heavy wintry precipitation caused the Cache River at Patterson to rise above flood stage during the afternoon hours on the 22nd. This river remained above flood stage through the end of the month. |
| September 2015 | Flood | Patterson | - | The Cache River at Patterson rose back above flood stage around noon on the 12th, falling below flood stage during the morning hours of the 17th. |
| September 2015 | Flood | Patterson | - | The Cache River at Patterson continued flooding from August, falling below flood stage during the late morning hours on the 1st. |
| November 2015 | Flood | Patterson | - | The Cache River at Patterson rose above flood stage during the morning hours of the 18th, remaining above flood stage into December. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Patterson | - | The Cache River at Patterson remained above flood stage from November and through all of December. This river continued to flood into January. |
| August 2014 | Flood | Patterson | - | The Cache River at Patterson remained above flood stage from late July, then fell below flood stage during the morning hours on the 1st. |
| August 2014 | Flood | Patterson | - | Additional heavy rainfall during the middle of August caused the Cache River at Patterson to rise above flood stage during the late morning hours of the 12th. This river fell back below flood stage during the afternoon hours on the 17th. |
| September 2014 | Flood | Patterson | - | The Cache River at Patterson rose above flood stage during the afternoon hours of the 3rd, then fell back below flood stage during the morning hours of the 11th. |
| September 2014 | Flood | Patterson | - | The Cache River at Patterson rose above flood stage during the morning hours of the 15th, then fell below flood stage during the evening hours of the 23rd. |
| October 2013 | Flood | Patterson | - | The Cache River at Patterson rose above flood stage during the morning of the 7th, and fell below flood stage during the evening of the 8th. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Patterson | - | After a brief period below flood stage, additional heavy rain from thunderstorms caused the Cache River at Patterson to rise back above flood stage in late March. This river remained above flood stage into April. |
| February 2011 | Flood | Patterson | - | The Cache River rose slightly above flood stage. |
| February 2011 | Flood | Patterson | - | The Cache River rose slightly above flood stage. |
| February 2011 | Flood | Patterson | - | The Cache River rose above flood stage for a third time in February. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Patterson | - | A large tree was blown down. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Patterson | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees onto a house. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Patterson | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Flood | Patterson | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Flood | Patterson | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Flood | Patterson | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Patterson | - | no account filed |
| December 2010 | Flood | Patterson | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Patterson | - | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Hail | Patterson | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Patterson | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Patterson | - | 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.
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 Patterson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2670948 | 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 77960. 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.