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Tontitown, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Tontitown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72762. The Survey maps it on the Springdale quadrangle. 4,301 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,289 feet above sea level.

Tontitown within Washington County

On record in Tontitown

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Tontitown grew from 2,460 to 4,301 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,460
20204,301+1,841 (+75%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

23 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Tontitown between 1999 and 2019, burning about 188 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning6
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2012Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2012Natural4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 July 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 2012Arson/incendiarism8.3 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsWILDCAT 1
11 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 June 2011Naturalunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsRED OAK FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Tontitown: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension. 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
UnkLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
UnkLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

30 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tontitown in 30 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 15 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2009Flash FloodTontitown$45,000Several roads were flooded and closed in and around Fayetteville, Springdale, and Farmington. Several water rescues were conducted as motorists became stranded in high water. Flood water entered at least 2 homes and also damaged part of an assisted living facility in Farmington.
May 2025HailTontitown$25,000Ping pong ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindTontitown$25,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees, snapped power and light poles, and damaged homes and businesses.
August 2012HailTontitown$25,000no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindTontitown$20,000Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed an outbuilding.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindTontitown$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous trees and power lines.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindTontitown$1,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines on Highway 412, just west of I-49.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindTontitown-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindTontitown-Strong thunderstorm wind gusts snapped numerous large tree limbs.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindTontitown-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
April 2021Flash FloodTontitown-Numerous roads were flooded in and around Tontitown.
October 2019Flash FloodTontitown-Both directions of Highway 112 between Tontitown and Elm Springs were closed due to flooding.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindTontitown-Several large tree limbs were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind on Highway 412.
July 2010Flash FloodTontitown-Numerous roads and streets were temporarily under water and impassable in Tontitown due to heavy rainfall.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindTontitown-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down a large tree limb.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindTontitown-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew large tree limbs down.
June 1995HailTontitown-Severe thunderstorms in Washington County produced nickel-size hail two miles south of Tontitown and hail ranging from dime- to nickel-size at Fayetteville.
April 2025HailTontitown-no account filed
September 2025HailTontitown-no account filed
May 2024HailTontitown-no account filed
May 2024HailTontitown-no account filed
February 2023HailTontitown-no account filed
March 2021HailTontitown-no account filed
March 2015HailTontitown-no account filed
May 2013HailTontitown-no account filed
April 2008HailTontitown-no account filed
October 2007Thunderstorm WindTontitown-no account filed
November 1995HailTontitown-no account filed
December 1995HailTontitown-no account filed
April 1993HailTontitown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Elm Springs2.0 miles18
Steele2.4 miles18
Oak Grove2.6 miles18
Harmon2.9 miles17
Cross Roads (historical)3.9 miles18
Wheeler4.6 miles18
Johnson4.8 miles18
Gulley4.8 miles18

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 TontitownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79616The 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 73882. 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.