Portland, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Portland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71663. The Survey maps it on the Portland quadrangle. 325 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 125 feet above sea level.
On record in Portland
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 5 records
Dean Houselisted 1982
John P. Fisher Houselisted 1995
Naff Houselisted 1992
Portland United Methodist Churchlisted 2006
Pugh Houselisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresPortland fell from 430 to 325 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 | 430 | |
| 2020 | 325 | -105 (-24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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 Portland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Wilmot quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Crossett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2002 USGS Portland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Portland between 2003 and 2018, burning about 18 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 October 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 October 2003 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 January 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 January 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Portland in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portland | $100,000 | Numerous buildings suffered roofing damage consisting of primarily shingle loss or tin peeling. Several large branches were also downed. Damage was consistent with strong southerly winds and stretched from Portland eastward along Highway 160. The most substantial damage occurred to an outbuilding that suffered enough roof damage to have insulation strewn down wind. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | Portland | $100,000 | Ten power poles were snapped along with several overturned irrigation pivots. There was minor damage to the roofs of several homes, along with several trees snapped and uprooted. A carport was destroyed, and tin was blown off several outbuildings. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portland | $100,000 | Numerous trees and several power lines were blown down across the county. Damage was scattered in nature but widespread across the county. |
| March 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portland | $50,000 | A swath of straight line wind damage began near Highway 165 between Portland and Parkdale, Arkansas. Eight wooden power poles were snapped off to the east along Highway 165 just to the south of Portland. An outbuilding was flipped over to the east as well along Empire Road just inside Chicot County. The damage swath was about 3 miles long and 1 mile wide. |
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portland | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged a shed at a local business. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Portland | $25,000 | Farm equipment was under water and water occurred over a farm road in Portland. |
| February 2019 | Flash Flood | Portland | $15,000 | All lanes of Highway 160 were closed east of Portland due to flooding. |
| April 2019 | Flash Flood | Portland | $10,000 | Water covered roads and many county roads were impassable. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portland | $10,000 | Large oak trees were uprooted and a porch was damaged along Highway 160. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portland | $5,000 | Powerlines were blown down in Portland. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portland | $5,000 | A powerline was blown down along Highway 165. |
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portland | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged a storage building. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Portland | $3,000 | Minor street flooding occurred in Portland. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portland | $3,000 | Trees were blown down in Portland. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portland | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down across County Road 52. |
| March 2014 | Hail | Portland | - | Dime to quarter sized hail was reported. |
| March 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Portland | - | Funnel cloud was observed near Portland. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Portland | - | A swath of quarter sized hail fell from an strengthening supercell thunderstorm. |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Portland | - | This tornado was sighted by spotters. It touched down briefly and did not produce any damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson (historical) | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Sunshine | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Montrose | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Lloyd | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Donbey | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Thebes | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Post Oak | 6.6 miles | 13 |
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 Portland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q80163 | 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 58412. 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.






