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Tollette, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Tollette Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71851. It stands on Grahm Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mineral Springs South quadrangle. 185 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 361 feet above sea level.

Tollette within Howard County

Population over time

3 figures

Tollette fell from 324 to 185 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.

YearPeople Change
2000324
2010240-84 (-26%)
2020185-55 (-23%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

27 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Tollette between 1998 and 2018, burning about 407 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined10
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural3
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2004Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Arson/incendiarism35 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2011Natural9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use181 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionSCHAAL ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Tollette: 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Titanium, Metal. 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
Arkansas-Louisiana Lime Co.PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Beulah Green-Pink Green PlacerTitanium, MetalOccurrenceIlmenite
Bell Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Bevell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
N DavisSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Howard County

Storms near this place

23 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tollette in 23 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 11 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
November 1993Thunderstorm WindTollette$50,000Numerous trees were blown down.
April 1993Thunderstorm WindTollette$50,000Thunderstorm winds damaged a number of trees.
October 1993Thunderstorm WindTollette$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
January 1993Thunderstorm WindTollette$5,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees.
February 2023FloodTollette-Flooding reported on several roads near Tollette.
February 2020HailTollette-Two inch diameter hail fell near the Tollette community. Report via Facebook.
March 2014HailTollette-Hail fell one mile east of the Saratoga community near the Howard/Hempstead County line.
February 2013HailTollette-Hail fell north of Tollette, Arkansas.
June 2009HailTollette-Hail fell in the community of Tollette, Arkansas.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindTollette-Several large trees blown down along Hwy 332 near the communtiy of Schooley. Survey performed by the county Emergency Manager measured the downburst about 3/8 mile wide and 1/4 to 1/2 mile long.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindTollette-Several trees were downed near the community of Saratoga.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindTollette-Wind speed estimated near Saratoga.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindTollette-Numerous trees and power lines down.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindTollette-Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees.
October 1993HailTollette-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
January 1993HailTollette-Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindTollette-no account filed
August 2004HailTollette-no account filed
May 2003HailTollette-no account filed
May 2001HailTollette-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindTollette-no account filed
June 1994HailTollette-no account filed
May 1993HailTollette-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Howard 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
Allbrook1.4 miles15
Schooley2.2 miles14
Buck Range3.5 miles14
Schaal3.6 miles15
Okay3.9 miles15
Mineral Springs4.0 miles14
Saratoga4.7 miles15
Midway5.6 miles14

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 TolletteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2147572The 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 58751. 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.