Sulphur Springs, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Spring Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71603. The Survey maps it on the Pine Bluff quadrangle. 1,032 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 292 feet above sea level.
On record in Sulphur 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 1 record
Population over time
2 figuresSulphur Springs fell from 1,101 to 1,032 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 | 1,101 | |
| 2020 | 1,032 | -69 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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
- 1962 USGS Pine Bluff quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
139 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Sulphur Springs between 2001 and 2020, burning about 964 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 22 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 | 69 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Sulphur Springs: 10 past producers. 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 | 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 | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watson Chapel | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Sorrells | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Double Wells | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| West End | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Faith | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Leitner | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Henslee Heights | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Oakland Heights | 6.3 miles | 14 |
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 Sulphur Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5561962 | 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 78494. 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.






