Summit, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marion County Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72677. It stands on Hampton Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cotter SW quadrangle. 544 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 856 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresSummit fell from 586 to 544 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 586 | |
| 2010 | 604 | +18 (+3%) |
| 2020 | 544 | -60 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1893 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1929 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Cotter SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Cotter SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Bull Shoals Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
67 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Summit between 1997 and 2019, burning about 934 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 19 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 | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | MAR27491173 |
| 29 July 2012 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 July 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 July 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 May 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Summit: 23 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flippin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Jefferson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Zinc, Lead | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Zinc, Lead | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Big Buffalo Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Homestake Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Old Lead Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown |
Storms near this place
12 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Summit in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Summit | $15,000 | A car was trapped in rising water over County Road 7095 west of Summit in Marion County. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Summit | $10,000 | Flash flooding occurred in the Yellville area. There was an unofficial measurement of 1.90 inches of rain in 40 minutes. Streets were flooded and low-water crossings had to be barricaded. Water entered the County Courthouse basement and the Courthouse Annex. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Summit | $2,000 | There were multiple reports of street flooding in Yellville. |
| April 2021 | Flash Flood | Summit | - | Numerous low water crossings throughout the county are flooded with many being barricaded. |
| November 2018 | Hail | Summit | - | Penny sized hail was reported at Hilltop Liquor in Summit. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | Numerous trees were down north of Summit. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Summit | - | Highway 202/Fallen Ash Rd. had 3 feet of water over it and several county roads were flooded across northern Marion County. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | Tree limbs were down. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | A tree was down on Arkansas Highway 14. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellville | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Georges Creek | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Turkey | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Comal | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Flippin | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Ralph | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Big Springs (historical) | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Kingdom Springs (historical) | 5.8 miles | 17 |
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 Summit | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q80153 | 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 78498. 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.












