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.
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
Alfrey-Brown Houselisted 1984
Fred Bartell Houselisted 1988
Bratt-Smiley Houselisted 1988
Carl's Addition Historic Districtlisted 1997
Connelly-Harrington Houselisted 1988
Duckworth-Williams Houselisted 1988
First National Banklisted 1988
German Builder's Houselisted 1988
Grand Army of the Republic Memoriallisted 1996
Gypsy Camp Historic Districtlisted 1988
Henry Furniture Store Buildinglisted 1994
House at 305 E. Ashleylisted 1988
Population over time
2 figuresSiloam 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 15,039 | |
| 2020 | 17,287 | +2,248 (+15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1899 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
97 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 8.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 August 2011 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 120 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30408 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siloam Springs Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
25 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Siloam Springs | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Siloam Springs | $2,000 | no account filed |
| January 1995 | Hail | Siloam 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 1994 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | Heavy rains caused flooding in Siloam Springs. Several streets in Siloam Springs were covered by water up to four feet deep. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | Heavy rains caused flooding in Siloam Springs. Several streets in Siloam Springs were covered by water up to four feet deep. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down a few tree limbs. |
| April 1993 | Tornado (F0) | Siloam Springs | - | A small F0 tornado briefly touched down in an open area. There was no damage reported. |
| January 1995 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| November 1995 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| November 1995 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| November 1995 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| December 1995 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| December 1995 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| December 1995 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| January 1995 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Siloam Springs | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hico | 0.2 miles | 19 | |
| Twin Springs | 0.6 miles | 19 | |
| Lone Elm (historical) | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Dawn Hill | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Lake Frances | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Flint (historical) | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| West Point | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Felker (historical) | 4.7 miles | 17 |
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 Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q80016 | 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 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.







