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Siloam Springs, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Township 5. It lies in ZIP code area 72761. The Survey maps it on the Siloam Springs quadrangle. 17,287 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,132 feet above sea level.

Siloam Springs within Benton County

On record in Siloam Springs

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 12 of 24 shown

Every listing in Benton County

Population over time

2 figures

Siloam Springs grew from 15,039 to 17,287 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
201015,039
202017,287+2,248 (+15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Siloam Springs between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,215 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 42 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/incendiarism42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning17
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
3 September 1998Debris and open burning50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism25 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 2000Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 1998Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
11 September 2002Smoking3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minor8.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
8 August 2011Smoking3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use120 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30408

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Siloam Springs: 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Siloam Springs QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Benton County

Storms near this place

25 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Siloam Springs in 25 storm reports between 1993 and 1995: 19 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1995Thunderstorm WindSiloam Springs$5,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindSiloam Springs$2,000no account filed
January 1995HailSiloam Springs-Severe thunderstorms moved from southeast Oklahoma into northwest Arkansas during the evening of January 12th. Large hail accompanied the storms with quarter-size hail which covered the ground eight miles northeast of Lavaca. Dime-size hail fell at several other locations in northwest Arkansas.
May 1994HailSiloam Springs-Heavy rains caused flooding in Siloam Springs. Several streets in Siloam Springs were covered by water up to four feet deep.
May 1994HailSiloam Springs-Heavy rains caused flooding in Siloam Springs. Several streets in Siloam Springs were covered by water up to four feet deep.
April 1994HailSiloam Springs-Thunderstorm winds knocked down a few tree limbs.
April 1993Tornado (F0)Siloam Springs-A small F0 tornado briefly touched down in an open area. There was no damage reported.
January 1995HailSiloam Springs-no account filed
November 1995HailSiloam Springs-no account filed
November 1995HailSiloam Springs-no account filed
November 1995HailSiloam Springs-no account filed
December 1995HailSiloam Springs-no account filed
December 1995HailSiloam Springs-no account filed
December 1995HailSiloam Springs-no account filed
June 1995HailSiloam Springs-no account filed
June 1995HailSiloam Springs-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindSiloam Springs-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindSiloam Springs-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindSiloam Springs-no account filed
July 1995HailSiloam Springs-no account filed
January 1995HailSiloam Springs-no account filed
June 1994HailSiloam Springs-no account filed
July 1994HailSiloam Springs-no account filed
July 1994HailSiloam Springs-no account filed
April 1993HailSiloam Springs-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
Hico0.2 miles19
Twin Springs0.6 miles19
Lone Elm (historical)3.2 miles17
Dawn Hill3.4 miles19
Lake Frances4.3 miles19
Flint (historical)4.5 miles17
West Point4.7 miles19
Felker (historical)4.7 miles17

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 Siloam SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q80016The 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 78364. 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.