Quitman, Arkansas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Township 2. It lies in ZIP code area 72131. It stands on Yellow Bank Creek. The Survey maps it on the Quitman quadrangle. 694 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 584 feet above sea level.
On record in Quitman
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 2 records
O.D. Gunn Trade and Sale Barnlisted 2016
Quitman Home Economics Buildinglisted 1992
Population over time
2 figuresQuitman fell from 762 to 694 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 | 762 | |
| 2020 | 694 | -68 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Quitman quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Conway quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1991 USGS Quitman quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
46 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Quitman between 1999 and 2020, burning about 485 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Smoking | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Smoking | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 29 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
33 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quitman in 33 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 14 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 3 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2005 | Tornado (F2) | Quitman | 1 hurt | A strong tornado moved from southeastern Van Buren County into southwestern Cleburne County about 2.5 miles west of Quitman. The tornado tracked quickly to the northeast, and removed the roofs of several houses. The tornado also destroyed a mobile home, a camper, a chicken house and a few barns and outbuildings. Several other chicken houses were damaged, as well as some vehicles. Hundreds of trees, power lines and power poles were downed. The tornado dissipated 5.5 miles north-northwest of Pearson. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $125,000 | Eight houses suffered roof damage. Eight sheds, three barns, and two shop buildings were destroyed. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $50,000 | Much of the metal roof was peeled off of a building. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down some power lines. |
| February 2008 | Lightning | Quitman | $20,000 | Lightning struck the school campus, causing damage to the school and surveillance system. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Quitman | $10,000 | Several roads were flooded in Quitman. The roads were Cadron Creek Road, Bettis Road, Wesley Road, Tiger B Road and Antioch Road. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $5,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | $5,000 | A tree and a power line were blown down near Quitman. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Quitman | - | Quarter sized hail was observed on Wesley Chapel Road. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Quitman | - | Ping pong ball sized hail was observed near Quitman. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | A thunderstorm wind gust, estimated to be near 60 mph, took multiple trees down in and around Quitman. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | A 12 inch diameter tree was blown down in Quitman (Cleburne County). |
| June 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Quitman | - | A funnel cloud was photographed near Quitman. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | Trees were blown down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees, with some storage buildings damaged. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees, power lines and damaged the roof of a home at Quitman. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | A large tree was blown down. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Quitman | - | A weak tornado touched down over southwest Cleburne County about 2 miles east-northeast of Quitman. Most of the damage that occurred were a number of trees that were blown down and large limbs snapped off quite a few other trees. Several homes sustained roof damage due to falling trees and shingles torn off. The tornado dissipated about 1.7 miles southwest of Heber Springs. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines. Several buildings suffered roof damage. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Quitman | - | An F1 tornado first touched down about 2 miles northeast of Quitman. Along the path of the tornado, a large metal barn was destroyed and another was badly damaged. Several other barns had portions of their tin roofs taken off. There were numerous trees blown down, along with some power lines and a couple of power poles. The worst damage appeared to be along Highway 16 just northwest of Highway 25 in the Pearson community. The tornado lifted one and a half miles east of Pearson. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | Some trees were blown down. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Quitman | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Quitman | - | no account filed |
| December 2003 | Hail | Quitman | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Quitman | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Quitman | - | no account filed |
| December 1996 | Hail | Quitman | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quitman | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Quitman | - | no account filed |
| February 1996 | Hail | Quitman | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Quitman | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Quitman | - | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Hail | Quitman | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crossroads | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Pearson | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| South Shore Park | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Hopewell | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Driftwood Shores | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Miller (historical) | 9.8 miles | 16 | |
| Shiloh (historical) | 11.2 miles | 15 | |
| Whispering Springs | 11.8 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 Quitman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79699 | 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 53864. 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.







