Traskwood, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Traskwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72167. The Survey maps it on the Traskwood quadrangle. 495 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 322 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTraskwood fell from 518 to 495 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 | 518 | |
| 2020 | 495 | -23 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Traskwood quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
289 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 289 fires within 5 miles of Traskwood between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,387 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 135 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 | 135 |
| Debris and open burning | 67 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 31 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Traskwood: 4 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilcox Group Kaolin | Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
21 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Traskwood in 21 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 tornado, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1996 | Tornado (F2) | Traskwood | $100,000 | no account filed |
| September 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Traskwood | $70,000 | This tornado moved out of Hot Spring County, east-northeast of Glen Rose, and entered Saline County, northwest of Traskwood. Many trees were blown down, one of which fell on a house. The tornado moved through the Crossroads community, which had been hit by a tornado on April 3, 2008. |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Traskwood | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a cable tower. Several large trees were also knocked down. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Traskwood | $40,000 | Numerous large trees were uprooted or snapped. A barn was destroyed, and the barn's roof was thrown more than 100 yards. Several houses were missing shingles, and one of the houses was missing nearly 50% of its shingles. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Traskwood | $5,000 | Some trees were blown down. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Traskwood | - | Quarter-sized hail fell near the community of Traskwood. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Traskwood | - | Golf ball sized hail fell at Holly Ridge Road in Traskwood. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Traskwood | - | A tree was blown down onto Arkansas Highway 229. |
| February 2020 | Flash Flood | Traskwood | - | Due to extensive flooding, several roads in Saline County were closed near Traskwood and Tull and up to the Grant County line. Water was moving swiftly over some roads. |
| February 2018 | Flash Flood | Traskwood | - | Several roads were reported to be underwater. |
| November 2015 | Flash Flood | Traskwood | - | A swift water rescue saved 4 people near Hwy 291 west of the Tull Bridge. Hwy 291 was closed due to high water. |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Traskwood | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees and large limbs. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Traskwood | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down some power lines. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Traskwood | - | Several trees were knocked down 3 miles southeast of Traskwood. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Traskwood | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| March 2004 | Hail | Traskwood | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Traskwood | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Traskwood | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Traskwood | - | no account filed |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Traskwood | - | no account filed |
| December 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Traskwood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cunningham (historical) | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Opitz (historical) | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Haskell | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Fairplay (historical) | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Klondike (historical) | 6.7 miles | 19 | |
| Shaw | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Slocomb (historical) | 7.1 miles | 19 | |
| Detonti | 8.4 miles | 9 |
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 Traskwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2470454 | 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 58757. 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.





