Staves, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in White Oak Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71665. The Survey maps it on the Staves quadrangle. 133 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 256 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresStaves grew from 116 to 133 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 | 116 | |
| 2020 | 133 | +17 (+15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Staves quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Staves between 2000 and 2020, burning about 189 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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 burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2005 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Staves: 5 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Staves in 17 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 5 hail, 4 flash flood, 4 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2008 | Flood | Staves | $360,000 | Numerous roads were flooded. Eight large culverts were washed out. A culvert was washed out along Gullett Road in the Orlando community, leaving three households stranded. A bridge across Moro Creek at Darby Crossing was floating and was damaged. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Staves | $325,000 | Numerous county roads were damaged by flash flooding. |
| December 2009 | Flood | Staves | $300,000 | Flash flooding, which developed on the morning of the 24th, became widespread areal flooding later on the 24th and continued into the 25th. Several county roads suffered significant damage. A bridge on Prairie Road, east of Kingsland, was damaged. Roads closed due to high water included Darby Crossing Road north of Kingsland, Brushy Creek Road between Rison and Woodlawn, Dunkeffie Road west of Kedron, and Harmony Church Road at Rye. The county road department had to repair washouts on 85 roads. |
| December 2009 | Flash Flood | Staves | $300,000 | Widespread heavy rain resulted in the development of flash flooding on the 24th. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Staves | $250,000 | Heavy rainfall in the basin pushed the Saline River at the gage near Rye above flood stage for most of the month of May. Numerous recreational cabins and primary residences were impacted by inundation or isolation. County and state roads also suffered damage. The crest at the gage was the 6th highest of record and the highest stage since 1987. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staves | $5,000 | Some trees were blown down. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staves | $5,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Staves | - | Large apple-sized hail fell near the community of Staves. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staves | - | Multiple trees and powerlines were blown down about 3 miles west of Rison along Arkansas Highway 35. |
| March 2016 | Flash Flood | Staves | - | The emergency manager reported numerous roads blocked due to flooding. |
| October 2009 | Flood | Staves | - | Flash flooding that developed on the 29th became widespread areal flooding on the 30th. U.S. Highway 79 eventually had to be closed west of Kingsland due to high water. |
| October 2008 | Flash Flood | Staves | - | Arkansas Highway 35 northwest of Rison was flooded. Water and debris covered the road. |
| September 2013 | Heavy Rain | Staves | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Staves | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Staves | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Staves | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Staves | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Oak Bluff | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| Gum Springs | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Unionville (historical) | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Peace (historical) | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Canoe Landing | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Cabool (historical) | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Mansville (historical) | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Rison | 7.2 miles | 12 |
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 Staves | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7604822 | 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 58684. 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.





