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Star City, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cane Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71667. The Survey maps it on the Star City quadrangle. 2,173 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 272 feet above sea level.

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Star City within Lincoln County

On record in Star City

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 7 records

Population over time

4 figures

Star City grew from 204 to 2,173 between 1890 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
1890204
20002,471
20102,274-197 (-8%)
20202,173-101 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

69 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Star City between 2001 and 2019, burning about 464 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 12 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 burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
7 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2016Natural23 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2010Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2003Debris and open burning11 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2004Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Star City: 19 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Fowler PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hb RobertsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lincoln County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rupe PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Smith Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Star City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

60 of 73 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Star City in 73 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 32 hail, 31 thunderstorm wind, 10 flash flood. 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
May 2009Flash FloodStar City$100,000Flooding occurred across the county.
March 1997Flash FloodStar City$100,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindStar City$50,000Some trees were blown down and several windows were broken out of buildings.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindStar City$25,000Trees and signs were blown down in Star City.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindStar City$15,000Trees were blown down.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindStar City$15,000Trees were down across the county.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindStar City$10,000Some trees were blown down.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindStar City$5,000A tree was knocked down and partially fell on a home.
July 2010Flash FloodStar City$1,000U.S. Highway 425 was covered by water.
October 1993Thunderstorm WindStar City$500Thunderstorm winds blew a large tree down across Highway 114.
April 2025HailStar City-Quarter-sized hail fell in Star City.
April 2025HailStar City-Quarter-sized hail fell in the town of Star City and tin was blown off of the roof in downtown Star City.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindStar City-Multiple trees down near Star City with damage to the roof panels of a few chicken houses at the same location.
January 2023Flash FloodStar City-Numerous roads were flooded, and water was deep and flowing across several roads near Star City.
June 2023HailStar City-Softball sized hail fell in Star City.
June 2023HailStar City-Hen egg sized hail fell across Star City.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindStar City-Trees were down on Avalon Rd. just north of Star City.
June 2021Flash FloodStar City-The Lincoln County sheriff's office observed substantial water over several local roads in Star City.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindStar City-Multiple tree limbs were blown down in Star City.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindStar City-Multiple trees and power lines were down in Star City.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindStar City-A tree was down on Avalon Rd. 2 miles north of Star City.
February 2018Flash FloodStar City-Several roads in the county had high water over them.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindStar City-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindStar City-Several trees down in town. One building on the square lost half the roof. Power lines were down.
March 2007Flash FloodStar City-Water was over Arkansas Highway 11 East.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindStar City-Several power lines were blown down near a local grocery store.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindStar City-Several trees were blown down.
August 2006Flash FloodStar City-Heavy rains caused some localized flash flooding to occur just west of Star City. High water covered the roadway at the intersection of State Highway 212 and County Road 12.
August 2003HailStar City-Penny sized hail fell at Cane Creek State Park.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindStar City-Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and power lines. Some minor roof damage also occurred to the local high school in Star City.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindStar City-Thunderstorm winds knocked down some large tree limbs and power lines.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindStar City-Thunderstorm winds downed some large tree limbs.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindStar City-Several trees were blown down along U.S. Highway 425, 10 miles south of Star City.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindStar City-Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindStar City-Thunderstorm winds downed some large trees.
November 1995Thunderstorm WindStar City-Thunderstorm winds caused some roof damage to several buildings.
November 2022HailStar City-no account filed
April 2015HailStar City-no account filed
April 2011HailStar City-no account filed
June 2011HailStar City-no account filed
June 2011HailStar City-no account filed
April 2011HailStar City-no account filed
May 2010HailStar City-no account filed
February 2009HailStar City-no account filed
April 2006HailStar City-no account filed
May 2005Thunderstorm WindStar City-no account filed
May 2005HailStar City-no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindStar City-no account filed
June 2003Flash FloodStar City-no account filed
June 2003Flash FloodStar City-no account filed
May 2003HailStar City-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindStar City-no account filed
May 2003HailStar City-no account filed
May 2003HailStar City-no account filed
June 2003HailStar City-no account filed
May 2002HailStar City-no account filed
July 2002HailStar City-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindStar City-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindStar City-no account filed
January 1999HailStar City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Branchville3.4 miles11
Crigler4.1 miles11
Feenyville4.2 miles11
Nebo4.4 miles15
Calhoun4.5 miles11
Palmyra4.8 miles11
Todd (historical)5.3 miles11
Rest (historical)5.3 miles11

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 Star CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79283The 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 78447. 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.