Weldon, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Breckenridge Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72112. The Survey maps it on the Tupelo quadrangle. 57 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 223 feet above sea level.
On record in Weldon
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
Weldon Gin Company Historic Districtlisted 2008
Population over time
2 figuresWeldon fell from 75 to 57 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 | 75 | |
| 2020 | 57 | -18 (-24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Tilton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Tilton quadrangle1:62500
- 1980 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Weldon between 1992 and 2015, burning about 163 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 1992 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Central Arkansas Refuges Complex | BLACK |
| 7 June 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 April 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Central Arkansas Refuges Complex | ALLEN |
| 2 March 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Central Arkansas Refuges Complex | HWY 145 |
| 12 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weldon in 12 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 2010 | Tornado (EF3) | Weldon | $1,000,000 | This was the fifth of five tornadoes spawned by the same supercell thunderstorm. This tornado passed through the south side of Shoffner. A church was destroyed and a power substation was damaged. A hangar at a flying service was destroyed and an aircraft used for agricultural application was damaged. A mobile home was overturned and destroyed. Significant roof damage occurred to homes. A grain elevator was badly damaged. An irrigation pivot was overturned. Outbuildings were destroyed or damaged. Trees were blown down. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weldon | $100,000 | An irrigation pivot was overturned. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weldon | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a few houses and several trees were also knocked down. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weldon | $15,000 | Trees and large limbs were blown down. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Weldon | $2,000 | Minor flooding occurred. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weldon | - | Several trees and power lines were blown down in the town of Weldon resulting in a lack of power to the entire town. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weldon | - | Large limbs were blown down. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weldon | - | Large limbs were down. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Weldon | - | A weak tornado touched down in southern Jackson County just north of Weldon. Seven large wooden structures which hold up power lines were blown down. Nearby, nine power poles were snapped off and some trees were knocked down. A farm shed had its metal roof blown off. The tornado quickly dissipated about 1.5 miles northeast of Weldon. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Weldon | - | A weak tornado moved from White County into Jackson County about 3.5 miles west of Weldon. The tornado remained on the ground for about 14 miles before dissipating about 1 mile northeast of Amagon. Most of the damage consisted of a number of downed trees, large limbs being twisted off trees and tops being blown out of trees. Some residences sustained roof damage, mainly from falling trees and shingles torn off. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weldon | - | no account filed |
| December 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weldon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoffner | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Tupelo | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Blackville | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Spriggs Mill | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Auvergne | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Bengel | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Horseshoe | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Ingleside | 5.6 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 Weldon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2495888 | 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 58847. 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.





