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Tull, Arkansas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Dekalb Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72015. It stands on Davis Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tull quadrangle. 484 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 351 feet above sea level.

Tull within Grant County

Population over time

3 figures

Tull grew from 358 to 484 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
2000358
2010448+90 (+25%)
2020484+36 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

196 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of Tull between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,277 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 97 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/incendiarism97
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Debris and open burning28
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural10
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
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
9 September 2004Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2004Arson/incendiarism31 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarism50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Tull: 12 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum. 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
Dresser MineAluminumUnknown
Malvern MineAluminumUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Grant County

Storms near this place

20 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tull in 20 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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
May 2013Tornado (EF1)Tull1 killed, $25,000A brief EF1 tornado caused damage, mainly to trees. However, one of these trees killed a 33 year-old man when it fell on his car. He was driving on Main St./Arkansas 291 in Tull on his way to work. This was the first tornado fatality in Grant County in more than 60 years. A few houses had minor roof damage.
May 2009Flash FloodTull$600,000A number of county roads and state highways across the area were flooded. Several businesses in Sheridan and a skating rink outside of town suffered flood damage.
December 2009FloodTull$500,000Flash flooding, which developed early on the morning of the 24th, became widespread areal flooding later in the morning on the 24th and continued into Christmas morning. Arkansas Highway 229 was closed south of Poyen.
December 2009Flash FloodTull$500,000Heavy rain resulted in the development of flash flooding early on the morning of the 24th.
October 2009Flash FloodTull$400,000Numerous streets in Sheridan were flooded, and the Sheridan Fire Department sustained flood damage. In the county, flooded roads included Grant 58, 16, 9, 14, 31, and 313, along with Keg Mill Rd., Fairview Rd., and Arkansas Highway 46 in the Hurricane Creek area. Several homes and businesses suffered flood damage. Two water rescues occurred. The Sheridan schools were closed on the 30th due to flooding on at least 25 of the 44 bus routes.
April 2008Flash FloodTull$25,000Portions of several roads were under water. At least one motorist had to be rescued via boat by the Cane Creek Fire Department near Ico. A family in the Delta Circle area was also evacuated by boat. An area of Hickory Street in Tull was flooded.
April 2009LightningTull$1,000A tree fell on Arkansas Highway 291 due to lightning.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindTull$500Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree.
April 2022Tornado (EF0)Tull-This tornado was brief and remained over private timber company property with no observed damage. A tornado was reported at Tull, blowing trees down.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindTull-Trees were downed in Tull.
October 2009FloodTull-Flash flooding which began on the 29th became widespread areal flooding on the 30th.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindTull-A few trees were blown down.
September 1997Thunderstorm WindTull-A thunderstorm that moved through Tull, produced wind gusts up to 70 mph. A number of trees and large limbs were blown down. Several buildings sustained roof damage.
March 2018HailTull-no account filed
August 2012HailTull-no account filed
September 1997HailTull-no account filed
June 1996HailTull-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindTull-no account filed
May 1996HailTull-no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindTull-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grant 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
Fenter5.9 miles10
Belfast6.6 miles10
Buie6.6 miles8
McLean (historical)7.6 miles9
Poyen9.2 miles9
Prattsville9.3 miles8
Lenham10.7 miles9
Cane Creek11.8 miles10

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 TullAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2660611The 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 55693. 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.