Vandervoort, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in White Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71972. The Survey maps it on the Vandervoort quadrangle. 115 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,079 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresVandervoort fell from 120 to 115 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 120 | |
| 2010 | 87 | -33 (-28%) |
| 2020 | 115 | +28 (+32%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1913 USGS De Queen quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Cove quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Vandervoort quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS De Queen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
57 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Vandervoort between 1997 and 2020, burning about 378 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 18 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 | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | COUNTY ROAD 32 |
| 8 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Vandervoort: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hablitzel | Manganese | Prospect |
Storms near this place
13 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vandervoort in 13 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 8 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vandervoort | $20,000 | Trees were blown down, blocking county roads in the area around Vandervoort. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Vandervoort | - | An image on social media shows extremely large hail between 4 and 5 inches occurred near Vandervoort. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Vandervoort | - | The Polk County sheriff department reported significant windshield damage in Vandervoort. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vandervoort | - | Several trees were downed. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vandervoort | - | Thunderstorm winds damaged several homes and farm buildings. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Vandervoort | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Vandervoort | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Vandervoort | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Vandervoort | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vandervoort | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Vandervoort | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Vandervoort | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Vandervoort | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hatton | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Bethel Chapel | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Roff (historical) | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Cove | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| McCauley | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Old Cove | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Bog Springs | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Buffalo (historical) | 5.2 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 Vandervoort | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2208003 | 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 78650. 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.








