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.
Population over time
3 figuresTollette 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 324 | |
| 2010 | 240 | -84 (-26%) |
| 2020 | 185 | -55 (-23%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1951 USGS Mineral Springs South quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 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
- 1986 USGS Hope quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
27 since 1998Regional 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/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2011 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 181 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | SCHAAL ROAD |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas-Louisiana Lime Co.Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Beulah Green-Pink Green Placer | Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | Ilmenite | |
| Bell Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Bevell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| N Davis | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollette | $50,000 | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollette | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged a number of trees. |
| October 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollette | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| January 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollette | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees. |
| February 2023 | Flood | Tollette | - | Flooding reported on several roads near Tollette. |
| February 2020 | Hail | Tollette | - | Two inch diameter hail fell near the Tollette community. Report via Facebook. |
| March 2014 | Hail | Tollette | - | Hail fell one mile east of the Saratoga community near the Howard/Hempstead County line. |
| February 2013 | Hail | Tollette | - | Hail fell north of Tollette, Arkansas. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Tollette | - | Hail fell in the community of Tollette, Arkansas. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollette | - | 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 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollette | - | Several trees were downed near the community of Saratoga. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollette | - | Wind speed estimated near Saratoga. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollette | - | Numerous trees and power lines down. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollette | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees. |
| October 1993 | Hail | Tollette | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| January 1993 | Hail | Tollette | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollette | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Tollette | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Tollette | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Tollette | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tollette | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Tollette | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | Tollette | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allbrook | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Schooley | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Buck Range | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Schaal | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Okay | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Mineral Springs | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Saratoga | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Midway | 5.6 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 Tollette | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2147572 | 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 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.






