Smackover, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Smackover Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71762. The Survey maps it on the Smackover quadrangle. 1,630 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 121 feet above sea level.
On record in Smackover
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
D. McDonald Houselisted 1990
Smackover Historic Commercial Districtlisted 1990
Population over time
2 figuresSmackover fell from 1,865 to 1,630 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 | 1,865 | |
| 2020 | 1,630 | -235 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Smackover quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Smackover quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
211 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of Smackover between 1997 and 2020, burning about 934 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 38 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 111 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2000 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
26 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smackover in 26 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 11 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Smackover | $50,000 | An EF1 tornado touched down 3 miles west southwest of Smackover, Arkansas and downed large trees while snapping several others. The path width was 75 yards wide with a path length of 1.5 miles. At least 4 homes received damage from downed trees. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smackover | $50,000 | Tree downed on a home and truck in town. No injuries reported. |
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smackover | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power lines. Several homes were also damaged by fallen trees. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Smackover | $20,000 | A high water rescue was reported for an elderly man who was trapped in his home on Canova Road near the Smackover Creek. No injuries were reported. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smackover | $10,000 | Trees were downed in Smackover, including one tree that fell across a vehicle. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smackover | - | Roof blown off a building in Smackover. |
| December 2024 | Hail | Smackover | - | Nickel size hail reported in Smackover. |
| January 2023 | Flash Flood | Smackover | - | Water entered a home in Smackover. High water covered several roads in town as well. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Smackover | - | Multiple pictures were posted to social media of numerous roads that were flooded in Smackover. These pictures also revealed that water entered multiple building within the city. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smackover | - | Several trees were blown down just southwest of Smackover. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smackover | - | A few trees were blown down in Smackover. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smackover | - | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in Smackover. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Smackover | - | Quarter size hail reported just south of Smackover. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Smackover | - | Hen egg size hail reported in Smackover. |
| February 2012 | Hail | Smackover | - | Quarter sized hail reported on the west side of Smackover, Arkansas. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smackover | - | Trees were downed on Lisbon Road in Smackover, Arkansas. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Smackover | - | Arkansas State Police reported that most roads were closed in Smackover, Arkansas for high water. Hwy. 167 north of El Dorado, Arkansas was knee deep in many locations. |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smackover | - | Trees were downed in the town of Smackover, Arkansas. |
| May 2001 | Flash Flood | Smackover | - | Numerous roads flooded and impassable. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Smackover | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Smackover | - | no account filed |
| February 2008 | Hail | Smackover | - | no account filed |
| February 2008 | Hail | Smackover | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Smackover | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Smackover | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Smackover | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenova | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Sandy Land | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Norphlet | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Dumas City | 7.5 miles | 16 | |
| Quinn | 8.2 miles | 15 | |
| Lisbon | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| Herma | 9.0 miles | 15 | |
| Nugulf | 9.4 miles | 19 |
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 Smackover | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79328 | 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 58637. 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.







