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Pea Ridge, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Township 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72751. The Survey maps it on the Pea Ridge quadrangle. 6,559 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,289 feet above sea level.

Pea Ridge within Benton County

On record in Pea Ridge

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

Population over time

2 figures

Pea Ridge grew from 4,794 to 6,559 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.

YearPeople Change
20104,794
20206,559+1,765 (+37%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Pea Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,029 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 22 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/incendiarism22
Debris and open burning14
Natural8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2012Naturalunder an acrePea Ridge National Military ParkKOA CAMPGROUND
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePea Ridge National Military ParkTOURROAD
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresPea Ridge National Military ParkNIGHTTIME
2 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePea Ridge National Military ParkFORD ROAD WF
6 August 2012Natural10 acresPea Ridge National Military ParkGUTHRIE ROAD
20 August 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePea Ridge National Military Park19 DODD ROAD WF
7 July 1996Naturalunder an acrePea Ridge National Military ParkROUNDBALE1
27 July 2012Naturalunder an acrePea Ridge National Military ParkTR OAK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pea Ridge: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Benton County

Storms near this place

60 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pea Ridge in 60 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 37 thunderstorm wind, 18 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 5 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2008Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge4 hurt, $100,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour destroyed two mobile homes. Four people had to be extricated from the debris.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge1 hurt, $20,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roofs of several homes. Large trees limbs were snapped from trees, one fell on a woman injuring her.
August 2013Flash FloodPea Ridge$1,000,000Portions of Highway 265 were closed north of Pea Ridge due to flooding. Significant damage to roads and bridges occurred due to flooding in this portion of the county.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$100,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour blew down hundreds of trees from near the west side to the north side of Pea Ridge. The trees blocked may roads. One large tree limb which was blown down penetrated the roof of a home. In addition, the wind was so strong it shook a mobile home enough that it's windows shattered. Many power poles and power lines were also knocked down.
April 2023HailPea Ridge$25,000Half dollar size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
May 2011HailPea Ridge$25,000no account filed
July 2018HailPea Ridge$20,000no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$15,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto a house.
April 2014HailPea Ridge$15,000no account filed
September 1999Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$11,000Trees and power lines were blown down in Pea Ridge. One tree was blown onto a car, destroying the car.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$10,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged many trees, blew down power lines, and damaged the roofs of homes.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$10,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roofs of homes.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roof of a house.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines.
October 1993Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees.
July 2018HailPea Ridge$5,000no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$5,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines northwest of Pea Ridge.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$1,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down power lines.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$1,000Several trees and power lines were blown down in Pea Ridge.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$100no account filed
April 1997Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge$100no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted numerous trees in a broad swath from the west side of Pea Ridge to the western portion of the Pea Ridge National Military Park.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto Highway 94.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees on Highway 72.
November 2018Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto Davis Street.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees at the Pea Ridge National Military Park.
July 2017Flash FloodPea Ridge-Several streets were flooded by heavy rainfall in Pea Ridge.
May 2015Flash FloodPea Ridge-Portions of Dove Road were flooded south of Highway 72.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down multiple trees and large tree limbs near Pea Ridge.
May 2011Flash FloodPea Ridge-Flood water covered the roadway at Highway 94 and Wildflower, south of Pea Ridge.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a couple large trees between Little Flock and Pea Ridge.
November 2008Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees.
January 2024HailPea Ridge-no account filed
May 2024HailPea Ridge-no account filed
May 2024HailPea Ridge-no account filed
March 2017HailPea Ridge-no account filed
April 2014HailPea Ridge-no account filed
April 2008HailPea Ridge-no account filed
March 2008HailPea Ridge-no account filed
May 2005HailPea Ridge-no account filed
November 2001Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-no account filed
April 1997Tornado (F0)Pea Ridge-no account filed
March 1996HailPea Ridge-no account filed
March 1996HailPea Ridge-no account filed
March 1996HailPea Ridge-no account filed
October 1995HailPea Ridge-no account filed
April 1994HailPea Ridge-no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindPea Ridge-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Benton County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Blackjack Corner1.3 miles18
Buttry (historical)3.0 miles18
Leetown3.9 miles18
Brightwater4.0 miles18
Summit (historical)4.0 miles18
Avoca4.3 miles18
Rago4.3 miles18
Little Flock4.8 miles18

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 Pea RidgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q80101The 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 77964. 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.