Viola, Arkansas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Fulton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72583. The Survey maps it on the Viola quadrangle. 358 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 856 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresViola grew from 337 to 358 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 | 337 | |
| 2020 | 358 | +21 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1950 USGS Salem quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Salem quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Salem NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Cherokee Village quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Viola quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
125 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Viola between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,533 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 30 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 burning | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 31 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
30 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Viola in 30 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 16 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 5 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2014 | Flash Flood | Viola | $100,000 | County roads suffered considerable damage. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viola | $50,000 | Tin roofing was removed from several houses. Trees and power lines were blown down. Some power poles were snapped. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Viola | $30,000 | Water rescues were carried out south of Viola. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viola | $30,000 | Thunderstorm winds removed at least half of a metal roof at a school building in Viola. Several trees were also blown down. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viola | $20,000 | A roof was blown off a barn. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viola | $12,000 | Trees were blown down, with one of the trees falling on a garage. A carport was blown away. Shingles were torn off roofs. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viola | $5,000 | Trees were blown down around Viola. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viola | $5,000 | A few trees were blown down. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viola | $1,000 | A tree was blown down in the area. |
| November 2024 | Flash Flood | Viola | - | Numerous roads were completely covered by flood waters in several locations across Viola and Fulton County. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Viola | - | Some roads have become inundated with water and some low water crossings have flooded. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viola | - | Trees were blown down. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viola | - | Power lines blown down. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viola | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some large trees. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viola | - | Trees and power lines were downed, with some buildings sustaining roof damage. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viola | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree. |
| April 1993 | Hail | Viola | - | Hail up to 1.00 inch in diameter, broke windows and damaged roofs and cars in Mammoth Spring. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Viola | - | no account filed |
| February 2012 | Hail | Viola | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Viola | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Viola | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viola | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Flash Flood | Viola | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Viola | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Viola | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Viola | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viola | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viola | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viola | - | no account filed |
| October 1995 | Hail | Viola | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flint Springs | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Shady Grove | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Pickren Hall | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Argosy (historical) | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Mitchell | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Byron | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Gepp | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Sturkie | 7.1 miles | 11 |
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 Viola | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2188898 | 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 58806. 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.
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.







