Perry, Arkansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72125. It stands on Haydon Branch. The Survey maps it on the Perryville quadrangle. 262 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 312 feet above sea level.
On record in Perry
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
Perry Rock Island Railroad Depotlisted 2021
Population over time
3 figuresPerry fell from 314 to 262 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 | 314 | |
| 2010 | 270 | -44 (-14%) |
| 2020 | 262 | -8 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 18 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.
- 1889 USGS Morrilton No. 3 quadrangle1:62500
- 1892 USGS Morrillton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Morrillton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1894 USGS Morrilton quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Perryville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Conway quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Perryville quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
93 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Perry between 1997 and 2020, burning about 708 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 9 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 | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 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 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 120 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Perry: 8 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copperas Gap Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| A. L. Young | Manganese | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Vaught Prospect | Manganese | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk Gravel Pits 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Perry in 27 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 6 heavy rain, 4 flash flood, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | $25,000 | Trees were down across the area. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | $5,000 | Power lines were blown down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | $2,000 | A large tree was blown down along Arkansas Highway 9. |
| August 2025 | Heavy Rain | Perry | - | CO-OP observer measured 3.75 inches of total rainfall in the community of Perry. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | A tree was blown down across Hwy. 9 at Choctaw Road. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | A tree was blown down by the wind. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Numerous trees were reported down. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Trees were down just north of Perry along Highway 9 by Cypress Creek. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Perry | - | Highway 10 and Smith Crossings Road west of Perry were reported flooded. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | A gust of 60 mph was estimated. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Perry | - | A trained spotter reported flooding along Highway 10 between Adona and Perry. Another spotter measured 3.25 inches of rain between 650 pm and 900 pm 2 miles north of the flooding on Highway 10. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | A few trees were reported down in and around Perry. |
| November 2015 | Flash Flood | Perry | - | Several roads were closed throughout the county due to flooding. |
| May 2011 | Heavy Rain | Perry | - | One inch of rain fell in 17 minutes. |
| September 2009 | Heavy Rain | Perry | - | Perry broke the record for the greatest rainfall ever recorded in the month of September. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Tree limbs were down. |
| June 2008 | Heavy Rain | Perry | - | About 3.25 inches of rain fell in a little less than an hour. |
| June 2008 | Heavy Rain | Perry | - | One and a half inches of rain fell in fifteen minutes. |
| June 2008 | Heavy Rain | Perry | - | About 2.25 inches of rain fell in 40 minutes. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Large tree knocked down along Highway 9. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees. |
| February 1998 | Flash Flood | Perry | - | Heavy rains caused flash flooding in parts of Perry. High water covered several streets in town for a period of time. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Perry | - | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Hail | Perry | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Perry | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet Home | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Perryville | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Moab (historical) | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Copperas Gap (historical) | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Houston | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Adona | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Cherry Hill | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Antioch | 6.5 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 Perry | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3317161 | 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 53287. 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.











