Stephens, Arkansas
14 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 71764. The Survey maps it on the Stephens quadrangle. 770 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 249 feet above sea level.
On record in Stephens
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 4 records
Arkansas Highway 57 Bridgelisted 2005
Holt-Poindexter Store Buildinglisted 1986- Green Cemeterylisted 2017
- Lester And Haltom No. 1 Well Sitelisted 1976
Population over time
2 figuresStephens fell from 891 to 770 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 | 891 | |
| 2020 | 770 | -121 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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
- 1969 USGS Stephens quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Magnolia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
181 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Stephens between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,335 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 73 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 | 73 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2011 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 80 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Stephens: 1 past producer. 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 |
Storms near this place
21 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stephens in 21 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephens | $20,000 | The brick storefront on an old, unoccupied store collapsed. Chert St. was closed due to bricks in the road. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephens | $5,000 | Trees were blown down at Stephens. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephens | $5,000 | Some trees were blown down. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Stephens | $4,000 | Arkansas Highway 7 near Section 4A was closed due to high water. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephens | - | Numerous trees were down in the area. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephens | - | Trees were blown down on U.S. Highway 79 south near Stephens. |
| November 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Stephens | - | A weak tornado touched down north of Stephens and moved to the northeast about 6 miles before lifting. Most of the damage along the path of the tornado consisted of hundreds of downed trees. Several power poles were also broken off. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephens | - | Trees were knocked down along U.S. Highway 278. |
| December 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Stephens | - | A weak tornado (F0) touched down east of Stephens and tracked to the northeast for 5.7 miles before lifting. Damage along the path of the tornado consisted of a large tree blown down, with the tree knocking down a power pole. A number of trees were also downed in a nearby oil field. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephens | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down some power lines and poles. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephens | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephens | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Stephens | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephens | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephens | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephens | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Stephens | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephens | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephens | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Stephens | - | no account filed |
| February 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephens | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogemaw | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Troy | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| Spring Hill | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Buena Vista | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| Pace City | 8.4 miles | 15 | |
| Lufra (historical) | 9.1 miles | 15 | |
| Liberty | 12.4 miles | 16 | |
| Elliott | 13.2 miles | 16 |
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 Stephens | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79207 | 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 55203. 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.






