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.
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
St. Joseph Catholic Churchlisted 2006
Tontitown School Buildinglisted 1992- Bariola Farm
Population over time
2 figuresTontitown 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,460 | |
| 2020 | 4,301 | +1,841 (+75%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1899 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1904 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
23 since 1999Regional 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/incendiarism | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2012 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2012 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.3 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | WILDCAT 1 |
| 11 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 June 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | RED OAK FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Limestone, Dimension | 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 |
Storms near this place
30 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Tontitown | $45,000 | Several 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 2025 | Hail | Tontitown | $25,000 | Ping pong ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tontitown | $25,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees, snapped power and light poles, and damaged homes and businesses. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Tontitown | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tontitown | $20,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed an outbuilding. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tontitown | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous trees and power lines. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tontitown | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines on Highway 412, just west of I-49. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tontitown | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tontitown | - | Strong thunderstorm wind gusts snapped numerous large tree limbs. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tontitown | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
| April 2021 | Flash Flood | Tontitown | - | Numerous roads were flooded in and around Tontitown. |
| October 2019 | Flash Flood | Tontitown | - | Both directions of Highway 112 between Tontitown and Elm Springs were closed due to flooding. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tontitown | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind on Highway 412. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Tontitown | - | Numerous roads and streets were temporarily under water and impassable in Tontitown due to heavy rainfall. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tontitown | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down a large tree limb. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tontitown | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew large tree limbs down. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Tontitown | - | 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 2025 | Hail | Tontitown | - | no account filed |
| September 2025 | Hail | Tontitown | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Tontitown | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Tontitown | - | no account filed |
| February 2023 | Hail | Tontitown | - | no account filed |
| March 2021 | Hail | Tontitown | - | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Tontitown | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Tontitown | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Tontitown | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tontitown | - | no account filed |
| November 1995 | Hail | Tontitown | - | no account filed |
| December 1995 | Hail | Tontitown | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Tontitown | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elm Springs | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Steele | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Oak Grove | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Harmon | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Cross Roads (historical) | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Wheeler | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Johnson | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Gulley | 4.8 miles | 18 |
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 Tontitown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79616 | 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 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.








