Walcott, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Crowley's Ridge Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72450. The Survey maps it on the Walcott quadrangle. 152 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 338 feet above sea level.
On record in Walcott
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 4 records
Crowley's Ridge State Park-Bathhouselisted 1992
Crowley's Ridge State Park-Bridgelisted 1992
Crowley's Ridge State Park-Comfort Stationlisted 1992
Crowley's Ridge State Park-Dining Halllisted 1992
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1940 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Walcott quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Paragould quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Walcott between 1999 and 2020, burning about 253 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Walcott: 4 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
24 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walcott in 24 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 12 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | $75,000 | Roofs were blown off two barns near Highway 168 and County Road 310. |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | $50,000 | no account filed |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | $10,000 | A barn was damaged and car windows were blown out. |
| July 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Walcott | $10,000 | A tornado touched down just south of Walcott. A mobile home was overturned and several large trees were snapped off. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | $5,000 | Trees blocking the road at Highways 141 and 358. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. One tree fell onto a house. |
| January 2000 | Hail | Walcott | $750 | Hail ranged in size from nickle in Walcott to golfball just west of Paragould. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | $500 | A few trees were knocked down. |
| March 1995 | Hail | Walcott | $100 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Walcott | $50 | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Hail | Walcott | $10 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Walcott | $10 | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Walcott | - | Golf ball-sized hail fell in Walcott. |
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Walcott | - | State Road 141 closed near Walcott due to flooding. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Walcott | - | Quarter size hail fell on Highway 141 just south of Walcott. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Walcott | - | Heavy rain produced flash flooding in Finch. Several roads were flooded as a result. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | Straight line winds blew trees down 2-3 miles north of the A+P Food Store, southwest of Walcott. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | A trained spotter estimated the winds between 60 and 70 mph in Lorado. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| March 2024 | Hail | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| March 2024 | Hail | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| March 1995 | Hail | Walcott | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Walcott | - | 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.
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 Walcott | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7961338 | 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 58811. 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.







