Sidney, Arkansas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1983. It stands in West Sullivan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72577. The Survey maps it on the Sidney quadrangle. 192 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 610 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSidney grew from 181 to 192 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 | 181 | |
| 2020 | 192 | +11 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Sidney quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Cherokee Village quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
94 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Sidney between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,060 acres in total. None started naturally. 34 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/incendiarism | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 75 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 June 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sidney: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollawell Prospect | Manganese | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| Reichartz Land | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Stone | Unknown |
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sidney in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 1996 | Tornado (F3) | Sidney | $1,500,000 | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidney | $50,000 | A shed and a hay barn were destroyed, a travel trailer was turned upside down, tin was blown off three chicken houses, and a number of large trees were blown down. |
| September 2024 | Hail | Sidney | - | Golf ball sized hail fell in the community of Sidney. |
| August 2024 | Heavy Rain | Sidney | - | This report was from a mesonet station AW154 near Sidney. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Sidney | - | Quarter size hail fell in Sidney. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Sidney | - | Minor flash flooding was on roads in Sidney. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidney | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down some large tree limbs. |
| May 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Sidney | - | A weak tornado affected areas near Sidney in Sharp County. The tornado touched down briefly, and tore a few roof shingles from a home. Some siding was damaged at another home. Otherwise, a few large trees were blown down. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Sidney | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Sidney | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidney | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxville | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Evening Shade | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Amateur (historical) | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Cave City | 7.3 miles | 19 | |
| Balboa (historical) | 8.7 miles | 8 | |
| Poughkeepsie | 10.8 miles | 8 | |
| Aetna | 12.5 miles | 11 | |
| Center | 12.8 miles | 9 |
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 Sidney | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2357897 | 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 54838. 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.




