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Vilonia, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Cypress Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72173. It stands on North Fork Cypress Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Vilonia quadrangle. 4,288 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 308 feet above sea level.

Vilonia within Faulkner County

On record in Vilonia

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Vilonia grew from 3,815 to 4,288 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.

YearPeople Change
20103,815
20204,288+473 (+12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

61 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Vilonia between 1997 and 2020, burning about 940 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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
Debris and open burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2004Debris and open burning14 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Faulkner County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Vilonia: 6 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Clay, Silica, Sandstone, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Beryl Pit & PlantSilicaPast Producer
Morris FarmLeadUnknown
Mrs. Arthur Palmer FarmSandstone, DimensionUnknown
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Faulkner County

Storms near this place

54 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vilonia in 54 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 27 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 5 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2012Thunderstorm WindVilonia$20,000Trees and power lines were blown down in the Vilonia area.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindVilonia$15,000Six house windows were broken, with severe damage to siding and likely roof damage. The damage was caused by wind driven hail, but the hail size is unknown. Strike trajectories on the external walls indicate the hail was likely golfball sized or larger, but also impacted the homes at an angle just above 90 relative to the wall - so nearly horizontally driven hail fall.
April 2022HailVilonia$10,000Hail damaged vehicles and punctured one inch and larger holes in the vinyl siding of a house.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindVilonia$10,000Power lines and trees were down with a tree blocking the road on County Line Road south in Vilonia. Also, part of the metal roof of a church on County Line Road south was blown off.
July 2009Tornado (EF0)Vilonia$10,000A judging stand at a horse arena and a shed were destroyed. A large tree and some fences were blown down. Minor damage occurred to the roof of a house.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindVilonia$5,000Some trees were blown over.
September 1993Thunderstorm WindVilonia$5,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down some power lines.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindVilonia$500Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree.
January 2025Flash FloodVilonia-Reported via mPING of multiple basements flooded and creeks overflowing their banks east of the center of Vilonia.
April 2025FloodVilonia-Multiple roads covered by flood waters in and around the town of Vilonia.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindVilonia-Multiple trees were blown down in the town of Vilonia.
June 2023HailVilonia-Hen egg sized hail fell between Vilonia and El Paso.
June 2023HailVilonia-Golf ball sized hail fell between Vilonia and El Paso.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindVilonia-This wind gust was estimated.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindVilonia-A tree was blown down on West Wicker St. in Vilonia.
May 2021Flash FloodVilonia-A storm spotter called in numerous roads were flooded in Vilonia with crews putting up barricades.
August 2020Heavy RainVilonia-This was measured in about an hour and a half.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindVilonia-Estimated winds around 60 mph.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindVilonia-Large trees were reported blown down in Vilonia.
February 2019Flash FloodVilonia-Flash flooding in Vilonia with streets flooded and vehicles stranded.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindVilonia-Trees were reported blown down.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindVilonia-Trees were blown down across Gorman road and Ruple Lane. Power lines were also blown down at the elementary school on Hwy 107.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindVilonia-A large oak tree was blown down across Highway 36.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindVilonia-Winds were estimated at 60 mph.
December 2015Flash FloodVilonia-North Church St. in Vilonia was flooded.
March 2012Heavy RainVilonia-An inch of rain fell in 15 minutes.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindVilonia-Winds were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2009Funnel CloudVilonia-A funnel cloud occurred in the area.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindVilonia-Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power lines. Several buildings also sustained damage.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindVilonia-A few trees were downed.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindVilonia-Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees and power lines.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindVilonia-Some power lines were blown down near Vilonia.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindVilonia-Thunderstorm winds blew part of the roof off a local business. Some trees and power lines were also blown down.
May 2001Tornado (F1)Vilonia-An F1 tornado touched down one and a half miles northeast of Vilonia. Along the path of the tornado, trees were blown down onto two houses. One house suffered crushing of the roof and a couple of the walls, while the other house had roof damage. Several other houses lost shingles off their roofs. In addition, a couple of sheds were blown away and a number of large trees were blown down. After traveling 4 miles, the tornado finally lifted a little more than 5 miles east-northeast of Vilonia.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindVilonia-Thunderstorm winds knocked down some large tree limbs and power lines.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindVilonia-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees.
October 1995Thunderstorm WindVilonia-Several trees were knocked down.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindVilonia-Thunderstorm winds downed some tree limbs and tore shingles off several buildings.
February 2017HailVilonia-no account filed
March 2015HailVilonia-no account filed
March 2010HailVilonia-no account filed
April 2008HailVilonia-no account filed
May 2003HailVilonia-no account filed
May 2003HailVilonia-no account filed
October 2002HailVilonia-no account filed
February 2001HailVilonia-no account filed
February 2000HailVilonia-no account filed
March 2000HailVilonia-no account filed
March 2000HailVilonia-no account filed
January 1999HailVilonia-no account filed
January 1999HailVilonia-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindVilonia-no account filed
February 1999Thunderstorm WindVilonia-no account filed
October 1998Flash FloodVilonia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Faulkner 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
Funston2.1 miles11
Beryl2.8 miles12
Duncans Gap (historical)2.9 miles11
Center Point3.3 miles11
Otto3.8 miles11
Hamlet5.2 miles12
Naylor5.3 miles10
Sunny Gap (historical)6.9 miles12

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 ViloniaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2233544The 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 78658. 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.