Tumbling Shoals, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Township 1. It lies in ZIP code area 72581. It stands on Dill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Greers Ferry Dam quadrangle. 902 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 722 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTumbling Shoals fell from 978 to 902 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 | 978 | |
| 2020 | 902 | -76 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1890 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Greers Ferry Dam quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
46 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Tumbling Shoals between 1998 and 2020, burning about 692 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 26 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 21 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 36 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 55 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Tumbling Shoals: 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heber Springs Quarry & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | 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
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tumbling Shoals in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2004: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1995 | Hail | Tumbling Shoals | - | Thunderstorm winds blew camping trailers over and uprooted trees in the Heber Springs area. Some of the trees fell onto camping trailers. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Tumbling Shoals | - | Thunderstorm winds blew camping trailers over and uprooted trees in the Heber Springs area. Some of the trees fell onto camping trailers. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tumbling Shoals | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tumbling Shoals | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Tumbling Shoals | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Tumbling Shoals | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ida | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Wilburn | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Heber Springs | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Tannenbaum | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Libby (historical) | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Drasco | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Snell | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Lake Ridge | 6.4 miles | 16 |
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 Tumbling Shoals | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7852587 | 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 55697. 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.





