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Waldron, Arkansas

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 4. It lies in ZIP code area 72958. It stands on East Fork Poteau River. The Survey maps it on the Waldron quadrangle. 3,386 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 659 feet above sea level.

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Waldron within Scott County

On record in Waldron

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 10 records

Population over time

2 figures

Waldron fell from 3,618 to 3,386 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
20103,618
20203,386-232 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 31 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

83 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Waldron between 1993 and 2020, burning about 567 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 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 burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
8 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1999Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2005Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2004Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined45 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2004Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scott County

Storms near this place

60 of 104 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waldron in 104 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 47 thunderstorm wind, 34 hail, 20 flash flood, 3 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death. 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
May 2002Flash FloodWaldron1 killedA 65 year old female was driving across a low-water crossing when the vehicle was washed off the road. Her two grandchildren were also in the car at the time but were later rescued. She got out of the car and was swept about a half mile downstream and drowned.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindWaldron$400,000A 2-mile wide swath of damage occurred across Waldron. Dozens of trees and power lines were blown down, as were some street lights. Several houses were damaged, primarily due to trees falling on them. Shingles were blown off some roofs and awnings were damaged. Two barns had their roofs blown off. Downtown, some business suffered roof damage and the wall of a concrete block building was blown in.
January 2007Flash FloodWaldron$160,000Heavy rain caused flash flooding, resulting in damage to county roads and bridges.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindWaldron$30,000A house on Charcoal Road in Waldron had shingles blown off the roof and covering torn off the carport. Also, sheet metal was torn off the barn. Large pine trees in the area were snapped.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWaldron$20,000Numerous trees were blown down, and the roof was blown off of a house.
May 2020Flash FloodWaldron$10,000Several houses had water in them and several roads had water over them in Waldron.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWaldron$10,000Trees were blown down onto power lines.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWaldron$10,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindWaldron$5,000A few trees were blown down along Arkansas 250.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindWaldron$5,000Trees were down.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindWaldron$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees.
April 2011Flash FloodWaldron$2,000Greenridge Rd. was impassable due to high water.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindWaldron$1,000Large limbs were blown down.
May 2010Flash FloodWaldron$1,000Street flooding occurred in Waldron.
April 2026HailWaldron-Quarter-sized hail fell in the town of Waldron.
April 2026HailWaldron-Half dollar sized hail fell in Waldron.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindWaldron-A combination of severe winds and large hail led to roof damage to a Waldron school building where roof damage and water damage per the infiltration of water into the school were both noted.
April 2025HailWaldron-Golf-ball sized hail fell in the town of Waldron.
April 2025HailWaldron-Ping-pong ball sized hail fell in the town of Waldron.
April 2025HailWaldron-Baseball-sized hail fell in the city of Waldron. Multiple police cruisers sustained substantial damage from the hail via window and frame damage from media pictures.
July 2024Heavy RainWaldron-A 24 hour rainfall total of 3.52 inches was measured at Waldron.
March 2023Flash FloodWaldron-The emergency manager reported widespread 7 to 8 inch rainfall amounts across Scott County, the flood storage system was at full capacity, and main bridges across the county were under water.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWaldron-Several trees were downed across the town of Waldron.
January 2022Heavy RainWaldron-The Waldron COOP observer measured 4.40 inches of rain since the day before.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindWaldron-Trees and power lines were down in Waldron along Hwy. 80.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindWaldron-Trees and power lines were down across the county.
May 2021Flash FloodWaldron-The Scott County sheriff reported several portions of Hwy 71 unpassable due to elevated rivers and streams around Mansfield, Waldron, and Y City.
January 2020Flash FloodWaldron-Correction...Highway 80 between Hon and Waldron was closed due to high water flowing over the road.
May 2020Flash FloodWaldron-Main Street in the town of Waldron was inundated with several feet of water and numerous buildings were flooded.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindWaldron-Multiple trees were blown down.
May 2020Flash FloodWaldron-Many roads were covered in water throughout the city and surrounding areas.
August 2020Flash FloodWaldron-Many roads were underwater in Waldron and in the county.
September 2020Flash FloodWaldron-A water rescue was reported along Hwy. 248 West in Scott County.
September 2020Heavy RainWaldron-The Waldron COOP observer measured 7.00 inches of rain in a 24 hour period.
September 2020Flash FloodWaldron-Widespread flooding and multiple water rescues were reported across the county and water was getting into homes and buildings in some locations.
September 2020Flash FloodWaldron-The Scott County sheriff's office reported several roads in Waldron were closed due to high water.
September 2020Flash FloodWaldron-Many bridges and roads, including Hwy. 28 and 71, across Scott County are underwater and/or washed out.
June 2019Flash FloodWaldron-Numerous roadways were flooded around Waldron with state highways 71 and 28 closed in some areas.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindWaldron-Several trees were blown down in Waldron.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWaldron-Trees were blown down near Waldron and in other areas of northern Scott County.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindWaldron-Numerous trees were blown down, along with several power outages due to high winds.
December 2015Flash FloodWaldron-Numerous roads were flooded across the county.
April 2008HailWaldron-Hail was reported on Cattleman Road off of Arkansas Highway 80.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindWaldron-Trees and power lines were reported down in the Pack Saddle area.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWaldron-A tree was down on West Second Street.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindWaldron-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto a house.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWaldron-A large tree was taken down by thunderstorm winds.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindWaldron-Power lines were blown down.
July 2004Flash FloodWaldron-Heavy rains flooded several roads to the southwest of Waldron.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindWaldron-Thunderstorm winds downed some large trees.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindWaldron-Some trees were blown down.
April 2002Flash FloodWaldron-Heavy rains caused flash flooding to occur along Highway 250, 3 miles south of Waldron. The highway was impassible for several hours due to the high water levels.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindWaldron-Thunderstorm winds damaged the roofs of several buildings near Waldron.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindWaldron-Thunderstorm winds gusting to 60 mph blew down some road signs in Waldron.
November 2001Thunderstorm WindWaldron-Thunderstorm winds downed some trees 7 miles east of Waldron.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindWaldron-Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindWaldron-Thunderstorm winds knocked down power lines.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindWaldron-Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees and power lines.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindWaldron-Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees. ARKANSAS, Central and North Central, Cont'd
March 2019HailWaldron-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Scott 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
Pleasant Hill1.8 miles31
Anderson1.9 miles31
The Pines2.4 miles31
Pleasant Valley3.9 miles31
Green Ridge4.0 miles31
Evening Shade4.3 miles31
Lone Elm4.5 miles31
Winfield5.1 miles31

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 WaldronAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79381The 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 78668. 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.